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Dentistry

Candid Co. sends customers a kit to take impressions of their teeth from home. An orthodontist then remotely comes up with a treatment plan.

Braces from home: The next stage in global dental care?

Business

As traditional business models continue to break down, entrepreneurs have their sights on one more area to disrupt: traditional orthodontics.

New Frontline documentary finds that one in three Americans can’t afford a dentist

Health & Medicine

Government rethinks fluoride in drinking water

Health & Medicine

Nanotechnology hits store shelves

Environment

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The World

Mercury Amalgram Debate

Most people get mercury amalgam fillings when they get cavities filled by their dentist. The American Dental Association says mercury amalgam fillings are safe, but some folks, worried that the mercury may be affecting their health, are having them removed. Brenda Tremblay, of member station WXXI in Rochester, New York reports.

The World

Going plastic-free

Environment

Marco Werman speaks with the BBC’s Christine Jeavans who is going plastic-free for the month of August, and that means she’s avoiding any product that is made with or packaged in plastic.