Imagine a miniature dental caulk gun that could be used to fill a dental caries hole with dental concrete. This concrete is composed of time-release nanodots, and does not require the caries to be drilled out, as it is an antibacterial supermineralised substrate that hardens around the infected tooth during its curing process whilst releasing ozone and other antibacterials during this very curing process. Clearly if a tooth is too-far damaged, no concrete can support it; but for early treatment without expert dental kit to one of the most common diseases to affect humankind, a caulk gun could change the world of early-treatment dentistry.
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Since I am not a dentist I am not sure about dental care but my impression is that the drilling away of the infected material not only cleans the tooth but also shapes the hole to create undercuts so that the filling will not fall out. Perhaps there are glues these days so that is not necessary but I don't know.