Dental News March 15, 2015

• Graphene: A new tool for fighting cavities and gum disease?
  Dental diseases, which are caused by the overgrowth of certain bacteria in the mouth, are among the most common health problems in the world.
• New research into materials for tooth fillings
  Tooth decay is a serious health problem and it is often necessary to repair cavities.
• Tooth decay: sugar industry ‘behaved like tobacco manufacturers
  Undue influence by the sugar industry on US dental health policy has been alleged as part of an investigation into insider documents from the 1960s.
• BPA harms dental enamel in young animals, mimicking human tooth defect
  A tooth enamel abnormality in children, molar incisor hypomineralization (MIH), may result from exposure to the industrial chemical bisphenol A (BPA), authors of a new study conclude after finding…

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