Stop me if you’re over 30 and have heard this three dozen times during your life.
this post was submitted on 08 May 2025
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Humans growing new adult teeth is like nuclear fusion, always X years away
I've heard it several times before, and always get excited because two of my front teeth were just missing, genetics, I had baby teeth in those spots but permanent adult teeth never grew in. They're implants now
Important note on this one, it mentioned they've actually started human trials in 2024, slowly getting closer? I don't know, not getting my hopes up too much.
I saved the first article to a holographic versatile disc.
I'm so excited for the billionaires who will be the only people that can afford this!
Health insurance told me that i don't need teeth
Teeth aren't covered by health insurance in the US. You have to get separate dental insurance. And most of the time they only really cover emergencies and cleaning. Everything else is out of pocket. MURICA FUCK YEAH
Teeth aren't even included in Canadian healthcare.
Not in Europe etc.
Edit: But ok teeth are not 100% covered here ( Germany ) either. Of course, the health insurance companies also choose the cheapest methods. So that a private dental insurance is worthwhile. But you should take one that really covers everything later on.
This is just my experience, and I really hope and suspect it’s not indicative of German dental care generally, but it’s so audacious that I have to share it.
I got fucked as a new (edit: privately insured) arrival in in Germany. I went in to get a checkup, they wanted to fill a cavity, which is fine by me, but I had a minor allergic reaction to the numbing agent, which was only obvious afterwards. Not a big deal, I called them to ask what was used and they told me to swing by the next day and pick up a sample to give to the allergenist. That’s way more than I was expecting, but could be helpful, so sure. I go there, she apologizes and asks how I’m doing, and I told her not to worry, it couldn’t have been predicted, and itchy. The whole interaction was less than a minute.
She billed me for a visit, a phone consultation, and an “in person consultation” the next day, the latter two of which were each around €100. I called to complain, and got a “I don’t know how they do it in your country, but here dentists are respected” type response and they were unwilling to budge.
Two weeks later, I got billed for another phone consult, but I had notes this time. I sent them a letter with my notes from the phone call, noting that there was no dental conversation, and unless they’d like to provide me with their notes, I wasn’t paying it.
Then they billed me for the sample of numbing agent out of spite.
That is of course very bad. My argument was also more related to the population born here or long-term insured. I've also never heard of the cost of a telephone consultation. It depends on the personal consultation, but actually I only know costs from the actual treatment and the high costs depend on how long you have been insured (bonus). I am currently undergoing treatment (top quality with a correspondingly high price) which costs the equivalent of around €10,000, of which my health insurance covers around €5,000. However, I only have to pay the other €5,000 myself because I don't have any additional dental insurance. Otherwise I wouldn't have to pay anything myself.
But you also say privately insured, did you mean normal health insurance or supplementary dental insurance? Either way, I have to agree with you that you've unfortunately been left out.
Oh yeah, I suspect I was paying the foreigner tax, but I’m still a little mad, lol. I had a plan with dental included, but they didn’t cover anything except for the first visit, because I didn’t actually receive any treatment for the other billings.
I probably could have made a giant stink about it and either had the bills reduced/dropped by the provider or covered by the insurer, but I was new in the country and didn’t want to cause a fuss if it was in fact normal.
I can understand that. I'll be honest and say that I wouldn't know what to do in such a situation at first and would have to find out everything I could.
I had saved up a lot of money for the transition, and it was worth it to me to not have to fight another bureaucratic battle at the time. I honestly considered buying a fax machine because of all the paperwork I had to fill out in the first couple years, which I guess is not that surprising for immigrating to Germany. I began to understand Kafka a lot better, lol.
Fax... modern Germany 😁
Only 15k a tooth!! Not including service fees and taxes of course
You joke, but that is the price they are competing with: 15K is less than the price I was quoted for getting a tooth replaced with an implant.
Oh wow. I knew it was bad but not that far and wonder what's the net profit for them.
Unbelievable... a single tooth for a price of a car
And the Europeans, for many of whom dental care is kind of expensive but reachable.
Uh huh. Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence which you don't have.
This is just "new paradigm breaking battery will be available next year!!!" #462529
To be fair lithium batteries get better year on year and at least 2 companies are already making sodium batteries. We just don't notice because devices don't exactly advertise their battery chemistry and 10% more power is a hell of a better selling point for a phone than 10% more battery life so any gains are kind of hidden.
Can I choose where?
Vagina dentata!
Exactly, very very dentata.
All well and good until you miss a payment
GIMME GIMME
Except not me, I'm broke
Maybe they'll let me in for the trials...
I wonder whether they can control which teeth grow? It would seem that blocking USAG-1 would cause an entire new set to start growing, and then you'd have to have all of your teeth pulled to let the new set grow in. It would be much better if they could target specific teeth for replacement.
I’m for it. Could sure use that tooth fairy money
Losing and regrowing adult teeth sounds like a nightmare.
You'll be one of the lucky ones where the gene blocking is permanent, and you just have new teeth growing in and falling out of your mouth every month.
And the heavy Longtime (while growing) pain... Nerves directly connected with the brain... Seems you don't remember the pain