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Stories about: dentures

New, Munching Robot to Test Artificial Teeth Materials In their quests for the best possible materials to implement in new dentures, teeth experts have recently created Dento-Munch, a creepy-looking robot that does nothing else all day except munching. Despite its large grin, owed mostly to the fact that it has no lips, the machine's purpose is actually very complex... 30 June 2009 04:14 GMT Lab-Grown Teeth Are the Future of Dentistry Dentists are hopeful that, in the near future, they will be able to treat patients not with artificial dentures and fillings, but with artificially-grown teeth, manufactured in the lab. These new teeth would look exactly like the ones they are designed to replace, and could offer a much cheaper alternative to complex... 24 February 2009 08:57 GMT