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   Dentists are now using fillings made of nano-sized particles that kill bacteria and strengthen your teeth. It almost makes you long for the good old days of fluoride in the water

05 May 2012 10:43 AM   |   1610 clicks   |   Mother Nature Network
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0Icky0     
Isn't everything made of nano-sized particles?

05 May 2012 10:45 AM
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Tickle Mittens     
Countdown until threir roll is suspected in mesothelioma.....

05 May 2012 10:49 AM
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Bondith     
Fluoride, dammit!

05 May 2012 11:12 AM
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junkmetal     
Meh, still wont work if you don't floss your nappy teeth.

05 May 2012 11:20 AM
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RandomAxe    [TotalFark]  
They aren't now using them. This isn't on the market yet. Mind you, in most of the US dentists still aren't using advances that were brought to market in the mid-80s, so don't get too excited unless you live in a big coastal city and have a lot of money.

05 May 2012 11:27 AM
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nytmare     
Smells like BS to me, like ions in your hair dryer. You can't see it work, so just trust us.

05 May 2012 11:57 AM
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hogans     
You're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.

05 May 2012 12:02 PM
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Mad_Radhu    [TotalFark]  
I blame Obama. This is obviously part of the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

05 May 2012 12:05 PM
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LordOfThePings     
RandomAxe: Mind you, in most of the US dentists still aren't using advances that were brought to market in the mid-80s, so don't get too excited unless you live in a big coastal city and have a lot of money.

I'm sensing a little anti-dentism here. Do you think they should have their own schools?

05 May 2012 12:12 PM
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Bondith     
nytmare
Smells like BS to me, like ions in your hair dryer. You can't see it work, so just trust us.

Silver nanos have a demonstrated anti-bacterial properties. Hair dryer ions are indeed bullshiat,

05 May 2012 12:14 PM
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1000Airplanes     
RandomAxe: They aren't now using them. This isn't on the market yet. Mind you, in most of the US dentists still aren't using advances that were brought to market in the mid-80s, so don't get too excited unless you live in a big coastal city and have a lot of money.

Do have any examples of this conspiracy against 20+ year old technology?

05 May 2012 12:28 PM
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andrewagill     
Mad_Radhu: I blame Obama. This is obviously part of the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids.

www.atomicexpress.net

05 May 2012 12:41 PM
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RivenSilver     
nytmare: Smells like BS to me, like ions in your hair dryer. You can't see it work, so just trust us.

Silver has been known to have anti-bacterial properties for thousands of years........

05 May 2012 01:06 PM
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legion_of_doo     
I bet there's an internet link to autism.

/won't somebody think of the childrens?!!!

05 May 2012 01:24 PM
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herrDrFarkenstein     
Sounds like some sort of preversion to me. I bet the guy who invented this is a prevert.

05 May 2012 01:40 PM
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nytmare     
RivenSilver: nytmare: Smells like BS to me, like ions in your hair dryer. You can't see it work, so just trust us.

Silver has been known to have anti-bacterial properties for thousands of years........


That's cool, but when you nanosize it, who can say it doesn't turn homeopathetic? Maybe I didn't RTFA closely enough, but I didn't see any study showing its effectiveness. Just talk of an "invention".

05 May 2012 04:57 PM
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Bondith     
nytmare
That's cool, but when you nanosize it, who can say it doesn't turn homeopathetic? Maybe I didn't RTFA closely enough, but I didn't see any study showing its effectiveness. Just talk of an "invention".

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/ article/pii/S1549963406003467

That's just the first peer-reviewed Google hit for "silver nanopartices antibacterial". There are many, many more.

05 May 2012 08:26 PM
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Practical_Draconian     
This guy knows about nanobots in your skull, and how to make an airplane with them. Call him JC Dentist.

www.gamasutra.com

Walton Simons: You take another step forward and here I am again, like your own reflection in a hall of mirrors.
JC Denton: That makes me one ugly son of a biatch.

05 May 2012 09:36 PM
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