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by fangorn 1514 days ago
Material science is great, but the hype... The structure is not really like enamel, the process is impractical for use in dentistry, but that's OK, because they haven't even checked if it can be used for dentistry (adhesion to real enamel). At least it could be used for <insert wild claims here>, someday, maybe, if, who knows.
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So we are no closer to Thompson's Teeth?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lzw6nRnaQG0

But is this the website you come to in order to read about mundane, commercially applicable dental treatments?
Why is "commercially applicable" more mundane than "not commercially applicable"? If anything, I'm excited by something I might be able to use more than something I won't.
As U2 said: Even better than the real thing.