Robot dentist completes first ever operation without any input from humans


A robot has carried out a dental operation without help from humans for the first time, carrying out implant surgery on a patient in China.

Although medical staff were present during the one-hour surgery in Xian, Shaanxi province, they did not play an active role.

Two new teeth, created by 3D printing, were successfully implanted into a woman’s mouth, the South China Morning Post reported.



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Dental researchers have now developed a very fast dissolving ‘bioactive’ glass which they are putting in toothpaste to repair decayed teeth.


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VIDEO: The travelling dental technician bringing the smiles back to Aboriginal communities


Paul Talbot is a dental technician who travels to rural and remote Indigenous communities to improve dental hygiene. He's helping bring a smile to faces of hundreds of people - and saving health services millions.


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Further Medical Device Reforms Before Parliament


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