Archive for the 'dentists' Tag
Watch Out Dentists: The Plasma Toothbrush is Coming
At the University of Missouri scientists are trying to do away with painful visits to the dentist. They’ve developed a plasma brush, that would allow dentists to do away with the drill and prepare cavity-damaged teeth for fillings. Instead of grinding away damaged parts of the teeth, the plasma brush modifies the tooth surface to [...]
Dentists Don’t Want Competition
Governing.com: …dental care is hard to come by in underserved areas of the country. Try finding a dentist in the remotest rural or deepest urban pockets of the land, and for blatantly economic reasons, they just aren’t there. That’s why states are looking to fix the problem by creating a so-called mid-level dental provider. Much [...]
A Mouthwash to Rid the World of Dentists?
A microbiologist at the UCLA School of Dentistry has developed a mouthwash that successfully destroys the harmful bacteria that is the principal cause tooth decay and cavities. In a recent clinical study, 12 subjects who rinsed just one time with the experimental mouthwash experienced a nearly complete elimination of the S. mutans bacteria over the [...]
