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Using RFID Tags to Make Teeth
Roland Piquepaille writes "If you live in France, and soon elsewhere in Europe and in the U.S., and if you need a dental prosthesis, chances are good that RFID tags are involved in the manufacturing process, according to this article from the RFID Journal. The tag is embedded by the dental lab in the cast which will be used to make the prosthesis. Then it is used to record the whole history of the crown, a process requested by a European sanitary regulation. Before delivering the bridge to your dentist, all the data is copied to a smart card that will be given to you. The company is also studying the idea to put directly the tag inside the prosthesis. Maybe one day, when your dentist installs your new bridge, you'll also be the owner of a deactivated RFID tag inside it. This summary contains more details and a picture of the RFID tag used to record the life of your next crown."
The 1 Euro coin shown in the real size image is just slightly larger then an American nickel.
i guess the moderater has never seen the movie 12 monkeys... in the movie the feds moniter the time travelling prisoners by means of a tracking device in their tooth... Bruce Willis decides he's had enough and has an old fashioned home tooth pulling... the parent post is quoting what the freaked out pimp says to the cops after having to watch Bruce Willis do the deed.
The RFID tags are embedded in the _cast_ made of the teeth, in the manufacturing process, not in the actual fake teeth/toothwork itself! RTFA RTFS RTFAnything! Jeez.
I don't think I've seen one post that understood this. The RFID is only used during the manufacturing process. The information about that RFID tag is given in a memory card to the customer at the end of the dental work. It probably contains information like when it was made, the tooth/teeth it pretains to, type of material used, etc, etc. Goddamnitreadthearticle.
-Jesse
Nothing says "unprofessional job" like wrinkles in your duct tape.
Prosthetics are already tracked with a number. If you get a knee replacement there is a specific serial number on the replacement part.
Even breast implants have tracking numbers.
While using a RFID tag would make things easier it is by no means a requirement that this needs to be done.
We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
that the RFID could be included in the prosthesis. The first and second casts are made at relatively low temperatures. But the following step in making a porcelain bridge or crown (obviously these couldn't be embedded into metal and still work) involves a baking process for hardening the ceramic after grinding and for fixing the enamel layer. This is done at up to 1000 degrees C (again, depending on the materials), a temperature far above what most semiconductors can survive, even when inactive.
/. article that I can comment on using my experience designing porcelain furnaces.
Sadly, this is the first
However, this type of development is important to watch. Ignore those who disagree, as they are sceptical of sceptics and contribute to society in a different manner which isn't pertinent to subjects like this.
If you haven't read 1984, or haven't read it in a long time, I encourage a visit.
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because he has no content of his own (that would mean working for a living) he just copies other peoples articles (without permission) onto his blogsite and then sells advertising, depriving the original writers of income
simple really, just like the suckers that click his links, some advertisers like dealing with petty criminals i guess