Archive for the 'dentist' Tag
WSJ: Dingy teeth were once relatively common. But after a 1989 scientific article touted the use of low levels of hydrogen peroxide, pressed against teeth, to improve smiles, companies began producing whitening products and dentists began hawking them. Entrepreneurs jumped in quickly. The Food and Drug Administration classifies teeth-whitening products as cosmetics, and drugstores were [...]
No More Cavities: Regrowing Rotten Teeth
Times of India: The whine of the dentist’s drill may soon be silenced, as scientists claim to have found the secret of a “completely painless” filling by identifying a material that can repair decaying teeth within weeks. The “filling without drilling” method, devised by a team at Leeds University’s Dental Institute in the UK, involves [...]
