Fight Tooth Decay with Electricity

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."

Comments

Wouldn't dentists fight this?

[nizo]

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.

Bring on the Mountain Dew!

[ToxikFetus]

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

Pass

[Daemon69]

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

Re:fluoride is toxic waste

[ajlitt]

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.