TECHNOLOGY FROM THE OLD WORLDS
Dental Hygine
By; Speaker Gerald A. Polley
We have been talking about the technologies of
The Old Worlds and the other day I happened to be brushing my
teeth and remembered how we used to do this.
Everyone carried a little droid about as big as the metal cap on
a pencil that holds the eraser. Any time after we ate we'd pop
this little droid in our mouth, and he would buzz around and use
ultrasonic vibrations to remove placque and debris, and a force
field generator to push particles from between the teeth. Sure
better than dental floss!
Using this device was so common that we virtually thought nothing
of it. Dentists had specialized droids so small that they could
get in between the teeth, clean out a cavity, and then spray fill
it. And, when they were done, smoothe off the surface so you
would never know the tooth ever had a problem!
On the rare occasions when we DID lose a tooth, the dentist could
grow us a new one and replace it. I certainly think we had it
much easier with dental hygene than the people of Earth do today...much
MUCH easier!