X-Message-Number: 31550
From: Mark Plus <>
Subject: How do teeth respond to LN temperature storage?
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2009 18:35:05 -0700


I grew up free from tooth decay until my late 40's, when my right upper second 
bicuspid and my left upper second molar both went bad. 


I had the abscessed bicuspid extracted last week, which should make me look more
like an Arizonan; and I have a root canal scheduled for this Thursday on the 
salvageable molar. The dentist who examined my complete set of X-rays and poked 
around in my mouth said that the rest of my teeth look fine for now.


I wonder how both intact teeth and teeth with the foreign materials used to 
repair them respond to freezing at liquid nitrogen temperature. Could 
cryotransport make even teeth healthy at the time of the patient's deanimation 
shatter or delaminate or whatever? 


"Around 2010 the world will be at a new orbit in history. . .  Life expectancy 
will be indefinite. Disease and disability will nonexist. Death will be rare and
accidental -- but not permanent. We will continuously jettison our obsolescence
and grow younger." F.M. Esfandiary, "Up-Wing Priorities" (1981).
http://www.box.net/shared/static/ay9lub60ha.pdf
http://www.scribd.com/doc/10948503/Up-Wing-Priorities


Mark Plus



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