Vol 2 Chapter 2069: How many people there are in the world, how big is the market for this technology

is it possible? Several people showed surprised expressions.
Everyone knows that human teeth are non-renewable, and there are only two sets of teeth in a person's life, one set of deciduous teeth and one set of permanent teeth. Baby teeth will gradually recede and be replaced by permanent teeth. Once a permanent tooth is damaged, it is irreversible. Unless there is manual intervention, which is what we call dental restorations.
If a tooth is missing, only fillings can be done. There are many ways to fill your teeth, such as braces, borrow piles, movable teeth, implants, etc. At present, the best effect, and the one that can supply energy closest to the interest of real teeth, is only dental implants.
The so-called dental implant, said to be an implant, is actually a hole in the patient's jawbone, a post is installed to take root, and then the tooth is installed on the post. Because the implanted teeth are directly connected to the jawbone, they are more stable, strong, long-lasting and not easy to be damaged.
But it will also bring a series of problems. For example, the implant surgery is not a small one, because drilling holes in the jawbone of a person is equivalent to moving the skull. So it is not suitable for some diseases. In addition, as people age, the jawbone will degenerate, or osteoporosis and other problems will occur. This is also not suitable for dental implants, because it is impossible to drive a pile on the jawbone. Even if it is hit, it will crack or break due to the fragile jawbone.
In addition, there is another problem. In fact, our teeth are not directly connected to the jawbone, so when we refuse to bite hard things, the teeth will become loose while feeling pain. In this process, the teeth will absorb a certain amount of kinetic energy or vibration, so as to avoid being transmitted to the entire skull, causing the brain and other tissues to oscillate.
As for dental implants, they are directly and rigidly connected to the jawbone. In this way, the vibration caused by biting hard objects will not be reduced, and will be directly transmitted to the entire skull, which may cause some minor concussions and other problems. .
Finally, one of the most important issues is that dental implants are too expensive, and one pressure ranges from seven to eight thousand to tens of thousands. Calculated based on an average of fourteen teeth per person, this is fourteen Ten thousand or even more, such a price is unacceptable for most people, let alone those old people.
So if Wu Hao and the others said that the tooth germ implantation technology can really be realized, it will definitely lead a revolution in the field of oral and dental restoration, and it faces a market of hundreds of billions or even trillions of dollars. , or even larger.
Yes, it is such an exaggeration, because it can be said that each of us needs to see a dentist, or that each of us has more or less problems with our teeth, which is a must experience in everyone's life.
According to this calculation, in theory, as many people as there are in the world, this technology can have as many audiences, and the market it brings is absolutely unimaginable.
But is this technology really possible, and can this kind of growing tooth germ really be researched?
Facing the doubts in the eyes of everyone, Wu Hao said with a smile: "So this project is under study, we do have some ideas and have made some progress. However, there is still a long way to go before the actual research and clinical trials are carried out. Way to go."
Well, let's not talk about that. Wu Hao waved his hands, then looked at the three and said: "First of all, we can help the two patients introduced by Professor Xu and Director Zhang. However, it is to be carried out as our clinical trial subjects, and the entire treatment process requires us In addition, during the treatment stage, you are not allowed to carry out any form of publicity and hype, let alone reveal it.
We will not intervene in the writing of related papers, but you must wait until our related technologies are released before you can publish the articles, and the content must be reviewed by us, and we have the right to propose revisions. "
The previous requirements were acceptable to the two of them, but the following requirements for the thesis major and reviewing made the two of them and the students who followed them frown, which made them a little embarrassed. To be honest, they accept such cases, of course, on the one hand out of kindness, out of the lofty ideals and professional ethics of doctors.
But on the other hand, of course, they also have their own selfishness. 3D bioprinting technology and the technology of printing skin tissue transplantation will definitely have a very large space for development in the future.
As you can imagine, once this technology is released, it will definitely be a sensation. So they naturally don't want to miss such an opportunity and want to hitch a ride. It is definitely not enough to just stop at cases like Zou Feifei. And Zou Feifei is still in Anxi, on the Linghu side, not in their hospital. They are just inviting experts to participate in the treatment, and they are not leading the entire project, which is not acceptable.
So they thought about getting such a patient in their own hospital, and then developing related research topics on their own. In this way, even if they lead the project in this area, it will not sound good when it is publicized.
In fact, it is no exception for them to have such an idea. Who would not be moved when encountering such a once-in-a-lifetime major project topic, this is impossible. So Wu Hao is completely understandable, and he had expected it to be today.
Wu Hao has nothing to object to their idea. This is a win-win project~EbookFREE.me~ They also need to cooperate with these hospital experts to accumulate more clinical trial data. , which is conducive to the verification and testing of their related technology, and promotes this technology and the project forward.
It's just that while the promise is made, relevant restrictions must also be implemented, and they cannot be allowed to play. In this way, when the time comes, they will suffer. Especially when cooperating with this kind of medical institution, you must take the lead, otherwise others may use some small tricks to make them feel uncomfortable.
For example, a very simple way, using public opinion, sympathy, etc. to morally kidnap or morally criticize Wu Hao and the others. People's hospitals are sacred places to treat and save people. And they are commercial companies. Putting these two together, the public instinct will be biased towards the hospital, and will turn to attack the unscrupulous commercial companies.
In particular, this is a medical project. The pharmaceutical company itself is not so positive in the public's perception because of the promotion of some movies. If they do this, I am afraid that they will become the object of everyone's scolding, and the original reason will become unreasonable.
It may even be because of the strong opinions of the people, which may lead to the complete failure of Wu Hao and the others in this controversy. This is reality, this is helplessness.