Remedial shine
A transparent, fiberglass dental pin is already available on the market. This pin reduces the time – from 5 minutes to no more than 30 seconds – it takes for the resin and cement used for dental...
View ArticleBrazil nuts against cavities
Brazil nuts: 10% of vegetable oil added to toothpaste might prevent or reduce mouth diseases Adding 10% of Brazil nut oil or of a mineral oil (liquid paraffin) to the formulation of commercial tooth...
View ArticlePartnership with bees
The propolis used in the gel is produced by bees with resins collected from the alecrim-do-campo plant. A drug made from propolis—a kind of resin produced by bees to protect the hive—may help...
View ArticleWhite smile
New dentifrice formulation in the form of a gel guarantees less fluoride on the tooth brush The pleasant taste of toothpastes hides a danger for children between 11 months and 7 years old. If...
View ArticleEclectic diamond
Crown with CVD diamond studs embedded at the tip of the drill for drilling bore holes and for minerals Although still lacking the transparency of natural stones, synthetic diamonds, which are dark...
View ArticleA clean smile
Above, LED-equipped rod for treatment of the inside of the mouth. Below, dishes with microorganisms for studying under the light LEDs may soon be used in Brazil to destroy bacteria and fungi that...
View ArticleBioglass implants
Preparation of bioglass in the liquid phase at the Department of Materials Engineering (DEMa) The Federal University of São Carlos (UFSCar) has licensed two patents to Vetra, a company formed by...
View ArticleDisappearance and struggle
In 1990, 1.049 skeletons were removed from a clandestine mass grave opened in Perus, in the ouskirts of São Paulo. Samuel Ferreira, Javier Amadeo and Márcia Hattori, from the Perus Task Force (GTP),...
View ArticleBattle against the disappearances
A skeleton being studied against the background of photos of 42 men and women who are being sought from among the remains exhumed in 1990 Where are our “disappeared?” Reading this question, affixed...
View ArticleAmong bones and reconstructions
During an end-of-year trip in 2005, dentist Rodrigo Elias de Oliveira decided to familiarize himself with the Peruaçu Caverns National Park in Minas Gerais State. In order to gain entry, he invented...
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