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To test their clusters, the team used crystalline hydroxyapatite
The Japanese have had a toothpaste with that for a while. I ordered some a while ago and it does appear to work and very rapidly. Some of my teeth are in bad shape, and I get cold sensitivity, but ever since I started using it the sensitivity goes away within a day or two. It's expensive ($40), but worth it.
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"The team then applied their clusters to human teeth which had been exposed to acid. They discovered that within 48 hours the clusters had given rise to a crystalline layer, about 2.7 micrometres thick, with the complex, fish-scales-like structure of the underlying natural enamel."
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We've been told that new tech will start to emerge pretty quickly over the next few years.
How it'll happen is as follows: instead of big press releases and huge announcements from officials, we're going to see some literal who shyly and quietly speak to one reporter or news org about how they came up with this new device and how it could hopefully save a lot of lives or something. They'll then slowly roll out more commercial variations of the product, making it look like the Alpha had just simply been reworked slowly by a consensus of people who simply want to improve the technology. Then, suddenly after a few years we'll see a well refined version that will more closely resemble the black budget devices we have now.
[–] 20400958? [S] 0 points 3 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago
Yep, that's why I posted this.
The "oh btw no big deal we cracked a monumental problem" announcements will be everywhere. Like the zero press coverage of the storage container sized nuclear fusion reactors. We haven't figured out fusion, but we might have micro-fusion figured out.
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… and then the anti tooth decay conspiracy theorists are demonized then purged from the conversation through lobbying of the Dentist guild.