X-Message-Number: 17171 Date: Wed, 01 Aug 2001 09:18:20 EDT From: Subject: New teeth > reminded of the perishability of teeth... The Creative Biomolecules company has synthesized the tooth protein; it has nucleating centers every 200 nanometers for the calcium flouride phosphate crystals. There was a two-part calcium flouride phosphate toothpaste (calcium phosphate in one compartment, fouride in the other) sold as "Enamelon"... unfortunately the FDA decreed that they couldn't tell anyone why the toothpaste was better so it went out of business. Anyway, a combination of the protein and the minerals would let you make a synthetic filling/crowning material that would be exactly the same as natural teeth. Don't hold your breath for FDA approval. In the meantime, drink green tea, it kills streptococcus mutans. -Bill Walker Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=17171