{"id":705,"date":"2016-01-08T07:00:50","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T07:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/?p=705"},"modified":"2015-11-05T08:42:44","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T08:42:44","slug":"the-future-of-dentistry-is-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/the-future-of-dentistry-is-here\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of dentistry is here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What would you do if your dentist told you they were going to <strong>print you a replacement tooth<\/strong>?<\/p>\n<p>What if they went on to say that this would also aid in keeping your mouth free of bacteria?<\/p>\n<p>I know, it sounds pretty ridiculous, like something you\u2019d find in some kind of futuristic film. But this isn\u2019t the stuff of fiction \u2013 <strong>this is reality<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>One of the latest stories in <strong>New Scientist<\/strong> discusses this new revelation; <em>Getting fitted for a false tooth or other dental treatment tends to involve a mouthful of foul-tasting gunk and plaster casts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>But now dentists are moving to high-tech digital scanning and\u00a03D printing. That switch opens the door to more advanced materials that could improve your\u00a0oral hygiene.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the full article if you\u2019re interested in finding out more, I highly recommend giving it a read:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn28353-3d-printed-teeth-to-keep-your-mouth-free-of-bacteria\/\">https:\/\/www.newscientist.com\/article\/dn28353-3d-printed-teeth-to-keep-your-mouth-free-of-bacteria\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>It\u2019s a medical product with a foreseeable application in the near future, much less time than developing a new drug.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>We certainly can\u2019t wait! Stay tuned everyone, and watch this space.<\/p>\n<p>And don\u2019t forget, if you\u2019re interested in booking yourself in for an appointment, or you\u2019re just looking for some dental health advice, then give us a call at <strong>Brightside Dental<\/strong> on <strong>020 8088 2079<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What would you do if your dentist told you they were going to print you a replacement tooth? What if they went on to say that this would also aid in keeping your mouth free of bacteria? I know, it sounds pretty ridiculous, like something you\u2019d find in some kind of futuristic film. But this &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/the-future-of-dentistry-is-here\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">The future of dentistry is here!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-705","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=705"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/705\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=705"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=705"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.brightsidedental.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}