If you really, really hate taking your medication, here's a solution to get rid of the unpleasantness that goes along with swallowing pills. Why, it's as simple as ripping a couple of your teeth out and replacing them with small devices that steadily inject your cheeks with medicine. Never worry about forgetting to take your prescription again!

Can it really be that easy? Well, I guess you'll need to go get your teeth refilled with medication every so often, which sounds pretty awful. In fact, this entire thing looks pretty awful. I'll stick with my real teeth and just, you know, swallowing pills with a glass of water. But that's just me. –Adam Frucci

Drug depot in a tooth [Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft Research News]

10:58 AM on Thu Feb 1 2007
By Adam Frucci
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GC736 at 11:07 AM on 02/01/07
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I can honestly say this is an idea that truly "bites".
Ozric at 11:08 AM on 02/01/07
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When you get this installed by Dr. Yueh you get the optional poison gas emitter.
CaptainCrash at 11:11 AM on 02/01/07
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Any bets on how many Xanax-filled teeth Paula Abdul had installed? Anyone?
slowreader at 11:15 AM on 02/01/07
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Viagra filled teeth- eliminating the awkward moment your 25 year old mistress discovers the secret to your vitality in your pants pocket.
Avesar at 11:24 AM on 02/01/07
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This was probably a much, much better-sounding idea when the guys thinking it up were still drunk.
ajsellaroli at 11:26 AM on 02/01/07
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I hate you gizmodo. You cheated me out of a swag bag :(

PUT A TIME LIMIT ON IT NEXT TIME

Its time to make the switch :( to Engadget
John at 11:32 AM on 02/01/07
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That's cool, haven't seen a good Dune reset in a while! Well done.
bignaz2k at 11:38 AM on 02/01/07
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Reminds me of Duke Nukem's special radioactive tooth in the back of his mouth.
mantuswsh at 11:42 AM on 02/01/07
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Damn Ozric you beat me to the mandatory Dune reference... Remember the tooth.. The TOOTH!!
Xenobiologista at 11:49 AM on 02/01/07
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Or Apophis...
The Hoff at 11:49 AM on 02/01/07
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hmmm.. I wonder if something like this can be created to painlessly check insulin levels for diabetics, and then wirelessly transmit the results to a small handheld device.
FrankenPC at 11:54 AM on 02/01/07
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When Baron Vladimir Harkonen is near...remember the tooth...
moneyballs2 at 12:02 PM on 02/01/07
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Emm... I don't trust technology enough, it might make you OverDose and make it look like an accident. No. I don't trust it...
rod / upcomingdiscs.com at 12:03 PM on 02/01/07
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Come on - what a bunch of chickens. Embrace the newness! Fear is the mind killer!
Paul D at 12:32 PM on 02/01/07
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Damn.

Here I thought I was gonna be clever and make the first Dune reference.

I are not so smart as youse guys...
strider_mt2k at 12:40 PM on 02/01/07
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Well done, Ozric.

I too was heading in with a Dune quote.

Doh.
Cobolman2 at 01:01 PM on 02/01/07
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Now I've got visions of parents having these full of downers installed on the sly when their kid goes to the dentist.

"Jimmy! I said to settle down!"

"Screw you, hag, you're not my real mom!"

>press<

"Whoa...everything's so *green*!" >thunk<
J. D. Harper (aka Blog... at 01:25 PM on 02/01/07
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This could be great for psychiatric patients. No more worrying about them not taking their pills!
leetgeek at 01:47 PM on 02/01/07
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I can see this going totally wrong when a 3 year old gets a hold of the remote and starts to press all the buttons.
Lupison at 01:55 PM on 02/01/07
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For extreme casses where the patient needs medicine I can see a case for this.

We're talking a situation where someone HAS to get medicine every 4 hours to live.
imnotatfault at 02:05 PM on 02/01/07
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This is an invitation for geriatric abuse!
kelandbink at 03:34 PM on 02/01/07
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I can't believe no one has used a quote from Marathon Man yet regarding the tooth...

"Is it safe?"
Phishy at 11:11 PM on 02/01/07
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...and then, suddenly I thought to myself
"What tastes like purple?"
Thoth74 at 12:00 PM on 02/02/07
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We have a Dune reference, a Marathon Man reference and a Futurama reference all in the same post. Isn't that one of the signs of the coming apocalypse?