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90% Reduction: Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Eradicates Plaques and Cavities (scitechdaily.com)

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[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

What do they use for sealing? I'm swiss and we don't do this. Is it because you have corn sirup everywhere?

edit: so, uh, is this widespread?

[–] Lokoschade@feddit.de 7 points 1 year ago

I'm German and this is definitely also done here

[–] DarthBueller@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I have no idea. It’s white and it cures hard with exposure to UV light. It might just be filling media used as a surface sealant—not a dentist, sorry.

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

They call them “dental sealants.”

Here’s a government website about it: https://www.nidcr.nih.gov/health-info/dental-sealants

[–] MonkderZweite@feddit.ch 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Money making scheme?

[–] Shinhoshi@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I don't know enough on this to comment. Before today, I admittedly didn't consider that countries like Switzerland didn't use them...