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Cool Plasma Blowtorch Kills Plaque, Cleans Teeth, Makes Obi-Wan Proud
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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/218b8d9c-edb1-4764-b4ee-33f2e4c4e462/71D8E81B-0491-4085-AF51-255D656339E9/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.popsci.com/gear-amp-gadgets/article/2009-06/miniature-plasma-blowtorch-kills-plague-cleans-teeth" href="http://www.popsci.com/gear-amp-gadgets/article/2009-06/miniature-plasma-blowtorch-kills-plague-cleans-teeth" style="font-size: 11px;">www.popsci.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/gear-amp-gadgets/article/2009-06/miniature-plasma-blowtorch-kills-plague-cleans-teeth"><H1 class="title"> Cool Plasma Blowtorch Kills Plaque, Cleans Teeth, Makes Obi-Wan Proud </H1></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/gear-amp-gadgets/article/2009-06/miniature-plasma-blowtorch-kills-plague-cleans-teeth"><DIV class="dek"> A more elegant toothbrush, for a more civilized time </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/gear-amp-gadgets/article/2009-06/miniature-plasma-blowtorch-kills-plague-cleans-teeth"><DIV class="submitted"> <SPAN class="author">By <A href="http://www.popsci.com/category/popsci-authors/stuart-fox" linkindex="64">Stuart Fox</A></SPAN> <SPAN class="posted">Posted 06.11.2009 at 5:29 pm</SPAN> <SPAN class="comment_bubble"></SPAN><SPAN class="comments"><A class="active" rel="comments" href="http://www.popsci.com/gear-amp-gadgets/article/2009-06/miniature-plasma-blowtorch-kills-plague-cleans-teeth?page=#comments" linkindex="65">6 Comments</A></SPAN> </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/gear-amp-gadgets/article/2009-06/miniature-plasma-blowtorch-kills-plague-cleans-teeth"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.popsci.com/img/C90E493E-B446-401C-AD04-7E9D44E01599" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/gear-amp-gadgets/article/2009-06/miniature-plasma-blowtorch-kills-plague-cleans-teeth"><P>For those of you who think that sonic micropulses are the future of tooth care, prepare to set your faces to stun. Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) have developed a tiny, cool, plasma blowtorch that breaks apart the sticky bonds that holds plaque to a tooth. However, unlike the hot plasma at the center of stars and lightning bolts, this plasma torch is no warmer than room temperature, as demonstrated here by an especially daring dentist. </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/gear-amp-gadgets/article/2009-06/miniature-plasma-blowtorch-kills-plague-cleans-teeth"><div align="center"><embed src="http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f8/26101451001" height="329" width="400" wmode="opaque" quality="high" base="http://admin.brightcove.com" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" flashvars="playerId=26101451001&viewerSecureGatewayURL=https://console.brightcove.com/services/amfgateway&servicesURL=http://services.brightcove.com/services&cdnURL=http://admin.brightcove.com&domain=embed&autoStart=false&" seamlesstabbing="false" swliveconnect="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.popsci.com/gear-amp-gadgets/article/2009-06/miniature-plasma-blowtorch-kills-plague-cleans-teeth">Plasma, the forth stage of matter along with gases, solids and liquids, is a soup of ions and electrons. Like a cross between a lightsaber and Listerine, the plasma flame creates free radical oxygen ions that tear apart the plaque membrane and kill the bacteria.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/71D8E81B-0491-4085-AF51-255D656339E9/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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