First 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan

Re:First 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical tri... by flanaganse on Sunday July 02, 2023 @10:29PM (#36568005)

As a US kid in the 2000s my dentist would give some kind of foam fluroide treatment. Foam would be put into two trays and you'd have to keep them on your teeth for two minutes. I remember hating it because it made me nervous I'd swallow some.

I still get fluoride treatments from my dentist but now it's something he paints on, perhaps the same as what you've described.

Anyway, according to a dentist friend, whether you get cavities is also dependent on the natural groves in your teeth. Some people's genetics cause them to have more cavity prone teeth than others.

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Re:First 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical tri... by wkat4242 on Monday July 03, 2023 @05:57AM (#36570835)

Yes that's the stuff though for me it was gel in trays, not foam.

I was worried too about swallowing it but it was also the smell of it that made me sick. It was very strong. I really hated it.

And yeah I guess I'm not very prone to them, but it's very clear that the generations before me had much worse teeth than we do.

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