Dentistry going increasingly high tech

[thewayne]

moiraj posted in her blog about having a root canal and the doctor talking about robots in Dentistry. I seem to have the weirdest dental luck: it seems that I only have things go weird with my teeth when I'm traveling. September of last year I was in Colorado for a few days, 600 miles from home, and almost a week from when it would be possible to see

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[porsupah]

Coo! Considerably more advanced than the tech I remember from my last visit, much too long ago. About the most sophisticated tech I remember was one procedure, when I was maybe 10 or so, was applying a thin plastic film to my teeth. It worked very well indeed - the bacteria simply had no targets, give or take small breaks. (I believe it was some kind of fluid, rapidly cured by UV)

I think I'll hold off on my next visit until finances aren't quite so cinder-y. Anything essential would be covered, of course, but not always the best way, and dental procedures are never exactly cheap.