I’m afraid they have been promising laser drills, special pastes that repair cavities,teeth that regrow brand new and coatings that would utterly stop decay with one application since before you were born … probably before I was. I don’t really see much of it. I do see a lot more “cosmetic” dentistry that may often harm teeth in the long run.

I guess they figure people will put up with pain as long as you tell them they look great afterwards. I wonder if the CIA torture guys have tried that one out “I say Abdul, have you lost weight? That waterboarding takes years off your face!”