Dental Fillings That Will Turn Your Stomach

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DENTAL NEWS: Scientists in Canada and China have developed a new material for dental fillings which they say could be used to fill cavities instead of the current materials (mercury or plastic) which are used now. The researchers say the new material is a derivative of harvested bile acids which they convert into a hard, durable plastic that appears to resist cracking better than either resin or composite fillings. Bile acids are natural substances produced by the liver and are stored in the gallbladder to help digest fats.

DENTAL VIEWS: If these Canadian/Chinese scientists are right, one day those of us with cavities will be putting stomach acid into our mouths and keeping it there permanently. Yech.