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Researchers study ultrasound for teeth

June 15, 1999 By admin

Researchers at Iowa State University have laid the groundwork for technologyto take make your trip to the dentist’s office more pleasant. Electricalengineering professor William Lord used a model to study the feasibility ofusing ultrasound to find cavities in teeth.Lord’s background is in the nondestructive evaluation of airplanes usingultrasound. He says there is still a lot of work to be done to use thesystem in someone’s mouth.Lord says the use of ultrasound on teeth would be similar to using it to seean unborn child in a mother’s womb. He says the biggest problem is the smallsize of teeth and creating equipment that could do the job.Lord says research is ongoing to try and develope an ultrasound system forteeth.

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