Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Futurism - Dentistry

I'm a futurist. I believe that things are evolving more and more rapidly into and beyond Star Trek.

Today I had my teeth drilled. Two of them, and deep. It was painless, but the afterache is starting and I'm about to take two more Motrin tablets to help.

But in the future, I won't need to take pills to stop the pain. Hopefully, there won't be any pain. I'll use mouthwash to replenish a stock of nanomachines living in my mouth that endlessly clean and whiten my teeth, preventing cavities. They'll be powered by the sugar and protein in foods that I eat, so they won't need recharging, it's just that some will get lost and shut down in the GI tract, eventually passed out into nature.

Well, it'll happen sooner than you think.

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