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Fight Tooth Decay with Electricity

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the is-there-anything-you-can't-do dept.

Erica Campbell writes "According to IsraCast, The Israeli Company Fluorinex Active has developed a new technology that can protect the tooth from cavities for 5 years with one simple electrical treatment. The company is currently working on a small device which, together with a gel, will impose an efficient ion exchange process through an Electro-chemical reaction in which fluor ions displace the Hydroxide ions at the outer layer of the tooth. This is intended to produce a new mineral layer with significantly improved chemical and physical resistance to the aggressive bacteria and the resulting acidic environment in the mouth."

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  1. Broccoli by fishybell · · Score: 4, Funny

    However, when pressed, the company acknowledged the new device would be ineffective against pieces of broccoli and spinach.

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    1. Re:Broccoli by shiafu · · Score: 3, Funny
      Marge: No desert until you eat your broccoli. [Homer takes some broccoli, chokes on it and dies] [cut to a shot of Dr. Hibbert examining Homer's body]

      Hibbert: Mm. Another broccoli-related death.

      Marge: I thought broccoli was ...

      Hibbert: Oh, yes. one of the deadliest plants on earth. Why, it tries to warn you itself with its terrible taste.

  2. Right audience by woozlewuzzle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well, this is at least correctly targeted towards the /. crowd, most of whom only brush once every 5 years (whether they need it or not)

  3. Great idea... by Xymor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Go to the dentist and get a free shock-therapy session. This should help those with Dentophobia.

  4. Wouldn't dentists fight this? by nizo · · Score: 5, Funny
    Somehow I have this horrible feeling that Dentists here in the US would do everything in their power to make sure these things never get used; think of how much money they would lose if no one got cavities anymore.


    Luckily I bet I can improvise one of my one; all I need is an old lamp cord, a football mouthpiece, and some high fluoride gel toothpaste.

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  5. Bring on the Mountain Dew! by ToxikFetus · · Score: 5, Funny

    We'll see how well that 5-year warranty holds up after I'm through with it!

  6. Bring on the Energy Drinks! by TheOtherAgentM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sweet! (literally) Now I can just rinse with Red Bull before bed time and I'm set.

  7. Pass by Daemon69 · · Score: 5, Funny

    When I was 10 I tried touching a 9-volt to my braces. Nuff said.

  8. It's a commie plot! by Mille+Mots · · Score: 3, Funny
    General Jack D. Ripper: Mandrake, do you realize that in addition to fluoridating water, why, there are studies underway to fluoridate salt, flour, fruit juices, soup, sugar, milk... ice cream. Ice cream, Mandrake, children's ice cream.

    Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Lord, Jack.

    General Jack D. Ripper: You know when fluoridation first began?

    Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: I... no, no. I don't, Jack.

    General Jack D. Ripper: Nineteen hundred and forty-six. Nineteen forty-six, Mandrake. How does that coincide with your post-war Commie conspiracy, huh? It's incredibly obvious, isn't it? A foreign substance is introduced into our precious bodily fluids without the knowledge of the individual. Certainly without any choice. That's the way your hard-core Commie works.

    Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Uh, Jack, Jack, listen, tell me, tell me, Jack. When did you first... become... well, develop this theory?

    General Jack D. Ripper: Well, I, uh... I... I... first became aware of it, Mandrake, during the physical act of love.

    Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.

    General Jack D. Ripper: Yes, a uh, a profound sense of fatigue... a feeling of emptiness followed. Luckily I... I was able to interpret these feelings correctly. Loss of essence.

    Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: Hmm.

    General Jack D. Ripper: I can assure you it has not recurred, Mandrake. Women uh... women sense my power and they seek the life essence. I, uh... I do not avoid women, Mandrake.

    Group Capt. Lionel Mandrake: No.

    General Jack D. Ripper: But I... I do deny them my essence.

    Credit to IMDB for the actual quotes. My memory of them was somewhat less than accurate. ;)

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  9. Re:fluoride is toxic waste by ajlitt · · Score: 5, Funny

    If city governments didn't buy this stuff from chemical plants to put in drinking water, they'd have to dispose of it like any other toxic waste.
    It's not the city governments or plants that are doing this to us. It's the international Communist conspiracy to sap and impurify all of our precious bodily fluids. Duh.

  10. Re:Believe it or not by ScottCooperDotNet · · Score: 4, Funny

    Do you think anyone is going to listen to a Wonka regarding tooth decay?