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[-] Shard@lemmy.world 80 points 11 months ago

The problem there is that the teeth are supported by the jaw bones.

We've had dental implants for the past 2 decades that are pretty indestructible as you describe. The only problem is the jaw bones you drill into aren't that robust. Especially when you start putting multiple holes in it to hold the teeth. So the jaw bone part of the implant tends to fail after about a decade or two, even when the tooth part of it is still plenty robust.

Which frankly is the same problem faced by all proposed cybernetic implants/augmentations. The cybernetic part can be as indestructible as you want, but the organics its attached to are comparatively fragile.

[-] swordthensnow@lemmy.world 46 points 11 months ago

I guess we'll just have to replace all the organic parts

[-] vic_rattlehead@lemmy.world 38 points 11 months ago

Do you crave the strength and certainty of steel?

[-] Mac@mander.xyz 2 points 11 months ago

I'd settle for billet aluminum.

What's the quote from? 40k?

[-] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[-] misterundercoat@lemmy.world 10 points 11 months ago

Why waste time with crude matter when we could just be pure energy?

[-] DrQuint@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

I, for one, intend on becoming a Cyberghost, should I die resentful enough to cause a curse of undeath.

[-] funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works 9 points 11 months ago

but then you just get bludgeoned with a dildo by someone possessed by the ghost of Keanu Reeves

[-] SomeSphinx@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Honestly? Not the worst way to go out.

[-] n3m37h@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 11 months ago

But it has to be Keanu

[-] Godric@lemmy.world 18 points 11 months ago

Thr flesh is weak.

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 points 11 months ago

Yeah and those implants are no joke in strength

Trigger Warning: true story of workplace injury involving a coworker and his teeth.

It's light on injury descriptions at least

One of my coworkers a few months ago had a 200lbs roll of aluminum fall on his head. His implant collided with 3 teeth above it and blew those up.

He's mostly recovered at this point from the whole ordeal (concussion, smashed fingers, etc.) he's just waiting on the bone grafts to heal up for the replacement teeth that are going in.

And yes he got lucky that the roll mostly glanced off of him towards the front. Had he gotten hit straight on top of the head (or it glanced towards the back) he likely would have broken his neck or died.

[-] Shard@lemmy.world 9 points 11 months ago

Jesus H. Christ.

I'm glad your colleague got away with fairly minor injuries.

I bet the OSHA department is having a hell of a time now.

[-] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Honestly blew my mind that he walking the next time I saw him

Oh yeah our safety department threw a fit especially when they found out that he was not wearing a hardhat

[-] ABCDE@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago
[-] Koffiato@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago

The last paragraph has a Mechanicus ring to it lmao

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