At last! The answer to rip-off dentists! Ever see a dentist with a nasty old car? Thought not. Last one I visited (in Wales) wittered on about how much his four divorces had cost him, there were way too many pretty women in white coats in reception and a Porche outside. He cooked up a five thousand pound treatment program, then refused to commence it unless I paid half up front.
No thank you!
I got treated in Glasgow for twenty nine pounds. Good old UK National Health Service. Now there\'s an invention worth celebrating: half the price per person compared to USA and treats EVERYBODY.
Seriously though, this treatment (if effective) would be adopted by the UK NHS because it saves money. For-profit dentists would not offer it because it loses them the opportunity to charge fees.

Dentists and doctors in the UK get paid way to much for what they do ... especially when compared to what they get paid abroad. I was only told yesterday that UK Docs get paid 3x as much as those in Norway ... thats a serious difference, and probably why we have an immigration influx in this country from all corners of the world!

Deliverables based on actual performanace would be a start. Preventative maintenance should be a target of what should be measurable, of where the state is saving time, effort, money from repeatative appointments. If the state saves money, then taxes go down, and real patients that are in severe pain or a dire situation can be addressed properly and quickly.

Dentistry, is not rocket science, thus, one should not be charged skyrocket prices!!!

Yup, maybe people will start to wake up, haha yeah right, who am I kidding? If you really take a look around, MOST professions, aren\'t professions to begin with lol. We have problems in this world that need solving and this is where professions come from. Guess who causes these problems . . I\'ll leave that up to you guys to figure out. Anyway, there have been studies for years, showing that teeth can be re-mineralized, but then we wouldn\'t need dentists, which would mean, thousands of people a year going into other fields. We could have cad electric cars, eons ago, but then we would virtually never need mechanics, that\'s more people going into other fields or not working. When law is REALLY looked into, one will find that a huge percentage of crime is just entrapment, manipulation and framing in order to keep the system going. So in actuality we need very few lawyers and even fewer police. This is the reason for the steady rise in \"everything becoming a crime\" to the point where the people can\'t live without being watched (hence the cameras on every corner, building lobby, restaurant establishment, clothing store along with security detail and earpieces and everything lol. These are the sad facts of the matrix. God bless you all, things are going to get nasty around these here parts.

unfortunately, dentists will still have to remove the decayed tooth and the mush of bacteria before they fill it with anything, that\'s what the drill is for.
For light demineralization of the tooth (bright white spots), pre-cavity, sounds plausible

How wonderful! This is an outstanding development. So many patients fear the drill alone. I am pleased that an atraumatic method to address tooth decay is on the horizon.

I have to disagree with Doug. I\'m sure dentists would love to offer this alternative and charge a small fortune for it. Standard dentistry for so much; better, more modern pain-free dentistry for twice as much. There was nothing in here to suggest that it would be cheap.
It makes perfect sense that dentists will actually charge more for this than standard practice. Within 10 or 20 years, it will probably replace standard drills and fills.

I\'ve been reading this gimmick for the last 10 years. Each time reported the discovered technique will available to public with 2-3 years. Duh! where it is?

Christian, this is not for abscessed teeth. This is for the earliest stages of decay, long before it has completely penetrated the enamel through to the dentin. Basically for early stage cavities that are currently treated with supplemental fluoride and amorphous calcium phospate, not drilled and filled.

we wouldn't need dentists, which would mean, thousands of people a year going into other fields. We could have had electric cars eons ago, but then we would virtually never need mechanics, that's more people going into other fields or not working.

This will soon be an ingredient of toothpaste, That\'s where the money is