Microbombs detonated by ultrasound can blast away tooth decay bacteria
An ultrasonic toothbrush can be utilized to detonate “microbombs” in toothpaste
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Micro organism that trigger tooth decay could possibly be blasted away by microscopic “bombs” detonated with an ultrasonic toothbrush.
Ultrasound may cause some liquids, resembling perfluorohexane (PFH), to quickly increase and switch to gasoline. Some researchers have explored utilizing tiny degradable capsules containing these liquids to ship medication contained in the physique or to blast away cancerous tumours.
Now, Xian-Zheng Zhang at Wuhan College in China and his colleagues have developed PFH-containing capsules designed to destroy biofilms – aggregations of microbes …
