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Re:Regenerative Dentistry Breakthrough: Biological Therapy f... by Eric_WVGG on Thursday September 24, 2020 @12:48PM (#24580632)
also, a possibly related thing from a couple years ago, replacing root canals with stem cell magic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7252950

Seems like a lot of skepticism from the non-experts, coming from a perspective of confusing promising research with new products on the horizon.

Re:Regenerative Dentistry Breakthrough: Biological Therapy f... by AnujNayyar on Thursday September 24, 2020 @04:32PM (#24583264)
Dentist here, in terms of replacing root canals. The technique described in the paper would not replace the nerves and blood vessels in the root canal system.

It just shows a new method for sealing off the root canal system - via a blood clot.

Unfortunately you would still need to have the root canal treatment - just the sealing may be slightly quicker with this method.

The quality obturation (apical seal) doesn’t really effect the clinical outcome o of root canal so unlikely will mean better outcomes either.