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Canadian Scientists Regrow Teeth

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the throw-out-your-toothbrush dept.

54mc writes "APL reports that Canadian Scientists have created the first device able to regrow teeth and bones. The researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton filed patents earlier this month in the United States for the tool based on low-intensity pulsed ultrasound technology after testing it on a dozen dental patients in Canada."

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  1. Re:Tyranny Of Patents by heinousjay · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Fantastic rant. It's logically inconsistent, substitutes opinions for facts, uses examples that don't illustrate your point, and sets up strawmen as its main thrust. Absolutely Slashdottian.

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  2. Re:So how exactly does it work? by goonies · · Score: 3, Insightful

    "with low frequency ultrasound pulses" is pretty uninformative for me.

    ..and pretty much wrong ;-) The article said "low-intensity pulsed ultrasound"
    low frequency ultrasound is like saying: "Thank God, I'm atheist!"
    I think they call it "Contradictio in adjecto" (see also: oxymoron)

    ...and sorry for the nitpicking!

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