Engineers Building Drug Filled Tooth

NEW YORK (AP) -- Instead of settling for the bling of gold, a more practical person seeking a false tooth might eventually be able to get one that can deliver drugs.Researchers in Europe and Israel, funded by the European Union, are working on a tiny drug-dispensing system called IntelliDrug that goes into a person’s mouth - with the ultimate goal of getting the parts small enough to fit into a replacement tooth placed in the back like a molar. >>> Discuss This Story

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