Unique Floss Turns Ritual Into Luxury Treat

As Halloween looms around the corner, I'm excited to share that Dr. Chrystal Cu from San Mateo has developed a wonderful option to our oral hygiene routine. Cocofloss aims at sprucing up the flossing experience by using "500 loosely woven polyester filaments coated with microcyrstalline wax, coconut oil, essential oils, and aromas". Hopefully, this will add to the experience of flossing and get more of us to floss daily!

For the full story from Fast Company, click here. 

Happy Halloween,

Dr. Lynda Tran

KaiDentistry.com

Tooth Cracker 5000 Helps Extract Stem Cells

As stem cells become further studied and used in medicine, researchers are discovering teeth as a great source of stem cells. It is possible that this new device that is jokingly called the "Tooth Cracker 5000" may allow researchers to quadruple the number of stem cells harvested. 

“Potential real-world application of this technology is to assist dental pulp stem cell researchers and companies that store dental stem cells with improving their yields,” Mah said. “At this time, we plan to improve upon the current design and conduct testing with a variety of tooth shapes, but we are open to collaborations with other researchers and industry.”

For the full story, click here. 

 

Happy October,

Dr. Lynda Tran

KaiDentistry.com