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90% Reduction: Scientists Discover Natural Molecule That Eradicates Plaques and Cavities (scitechdaily.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 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?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They call them “dental sealants.”

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Money making scheme?

[–] [email protected] 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...

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