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Patients are winning a reprieve from the dentist’s drill under a technique being tested in Sweden to dissolve tooth decay with a gel.
About 1,000 people have undergone the treatment, and the program is being expanded to about 500 dentists, said the gel’s manufacturer, Medi Team of Goteborg.
The gel, called Carisolv, is the latest in a series of efforts to comfort those traumatized by the whining, grinding dentist’s drill.
Carisolv, a mixture of three amino acids and sodium hypochloride, dissolves decayed material in about a minute. The residue then is brushed away with a special tool, Irene Herrmann, clinical research director, said Friday.
