Electrical Current To Heal Cavities - Business Insider

Updated Dec 8, 2015:
You might also be interested in:
Goodbye to dental fillings? ‘No-drill’ techniques can treat tooth decay just as well, study finds

= = =  original post follows below  = = =

Read the full article: Electrical Current To Heal Cavities - Business Insider:

"Researchers at King's College London have developed a technique called Electrically Accelerated and Enhanced Remineralzation, in which a device they've dubbed a "healing hand piece" is placed over the site of a cavity. The tool emits a small electrical current that promotes the remineralization of the tooth, driving calcium, phosphate, and other substances back into the enamel, the scientists told the Washington Post (cavities happen when bacteria break down, or demineralize, the enamel with acid). The technique would take about as much time and cost about the same or less than a traditional filling, and publications describing the technique should be published "in coming months," they said."

'via Blog this'

Return Home: The Health, Drug, Prescription, and GMP Supersite Blog

SkillsPlus Intl Inc. - The best GMP training, best QSR training, best instructors
SkillsPlus Intl Info Blog
The Health, Drug, Prescription, and GMP Supersite Gift Store 

FDA Expected To Rule On Mercury Dental Amalgams

• Trusted FDA GMP online training courses taught by SkillsPlus International Inc.

I'm so glad that I don't have mercury fillings in my mouth anymore. Unfortunately, I've got a mouthful of crowns, and precious little left of my natural teeth. I ran across this press release, and thought you'd be happy to know that the FDA is expected to rule on mercury-containing dental amalgams, "Resolution to Study Phase Out of Mercury Tooth Dental Fillings Receives 16% of Vote at Danaher Shareholder Meeting." The press release states, "Some-time in late July, the Food and Drug Administration is expected to rule on the use of mercury amalgam. The Consumers for Dental Choice won a 10-year battle with the FDA to comply with the law and set a date to classify mercury amalgam." 

Related Posts: Caution - Teeth Whiteners Can Reduce Enamel Strength Mercury-Containing Dental Fillings - Health and Environmental Concerns 

Return Home: http://drughealth.blogspot.com/ 

Caution - Teeth Whiteners Can Reduce Enamel Strength

Updated June 2023

The original link broke.

You can still read about the same topic here:

Home Tooth Bleaching Slightly Reduces Enamel Strength - Science Daily

---  the original post follows below  ---

I use teeth whiteners on a regular basis, and now I'm concerned. This Medical News Today article, "Enamel Strength Affected By Dental Home Bleaching," should make you think twice about what you might be doing to the strength of your teeth. The report suggests that using teeth whiteners weakens the enamel of you teeth. 

Return Home: http://drughealth.blogspot.com/ 

Mercury-Containing Dental Fillings - Health and Environmental Concerns

Updated June 26, 2024

The original links broke.

You might also be interested in:

Dental Amalgam Fillings - FDA.gov

---  the original post follows below  ---

Dental amalgam. You might also know these as mercury containing dental fillings. I've got them, you've got them, we've all got them. Yesterday there was a bit of a brouhaha over them in a hearing in Washington DC, Dental Industry Gets An Earful On Mercury. The hearing considered whether dentists should be required to keep pieces of fillings from getting into public wastewater, using special equipment. In any event, the hearing created opportunities for legislators to attack the dental industry on the purported health risks of having mercury-containing fillings in your mouth, and the ramifications of mercury getting into wastewater. If you're interested in the health risk aspect of this, I recommend this page on the FDA's website, Questions and Answers on Dental Amalgam. On a personal closing note, I rotted my teeth on childhood candy, resulting in amalgams in all my teeth; thankfully now, I have a mouthful of caps and crowns, and only one remaining amalgam.

Return Home: http://drughealth.blogspot.com/