POSTS TAGGED AS dentistry

Nanobots for Deep Cleaning Teeth

Tiny bots that can deep clean teeth
“Nano-sized robots manipulated using a magnetic field can help kill bacteria deep inside dentinal [MORE]

A Mouthful of Micro-Robots

Microrobots clean off biofilm
Using magnetically driven micro robots (aka catalytic antimicrobial robots or CARS), dental researchers at the University of [MORE]

Dental Value of Hydrogel that Stimulates Angiogenesis/Dentinogenesis

Root canal hydrogel
Root canal treatment kills a tooth.  But researchers at the New Jersey Institute of Technology have demonstrated how [MORE]

Artificial Tooth Enamel

Repairing tooth enamel
Over many years, acids in food and drinks erode tooth enamel, and until now there has been no [MORE]

Disruptive Innovation in Dentistry

Dental Material Kills Microbes – Right Image
Keeping check on caries and chipping away bacterial plaque is why most people go [MORE]

Adhesives that Remineralize Teeth

When dentists drill out a tooth cavity, they fill it with a glass isomer cement, which plugs the hole, but [MORE]

“The Future is Plaque”

Dental Plaque
This is an unusual rally cry—“The Future is Plaque”—but not so surprising coming from researchers at the Oral Microbiome [MORE]

Innovative Toothpaste for Being “Long in the Tooth”

One might not expect a trade guild, founded in 1322 for outfitting knights, to be promoting medical innovation today, [MORE]

Growing New Teeth

In mice studies, researchers at King’s College London’s Dental Institute were able to combine human gum tissue and embryonic [MORE]

Winners of the 2012 Medical Design Excellence Awards

Freedom Portable Driver
Among the 26 winners shown in this piece are a wearable ventilator, the world’s smallest heart-lung machine, [MORE]

Ionic Toothbrush

Ionic Toothbrush
Dental plaque is a biofilm of Streptococcus and other bacteria that adhere to tooth enamel and cause cavities, [MORE]