Dental Technology Finds Cavities with Light Beam
September 13th, 2005
We have had this technology in our office at The Dental Health Center for years.
Morning Edition, July 11, 2005 · A lot of research in the field of dentistry has been devoted to early detection of cavities over the last 20 years. New technologies are promising to find cavities that were once tough to locate.
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