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Has anyone tried vacuum to treat cavities? Hooking up a vacuum pump should cause the contents of the cavity to dry out after a few minutes and dessicate. In t
by londons_explore 5mo ago
Has anyone tried vacuum to treat cavities?
Hooking up a vacuum pump should cause the contents of the cavity to dry out after a few minutes and dessicate. In the process the boiling liquid pushes out foreign matter. And then some low viscosity resin can be used to displace where the water was.
Might stop drilling being necessary whilst still separating bacteria from their energy source.
Seems obvious, but can't find any papers of this being tried.
- opan 5mo agoDry socket comes to mind. When you have your wisdom teeth out, you aren't even supposed to use straws for a while. I imagine the vacuum pump would be much stronger than the suction from using a straw.
- euroderf 5mo agoOr even just fill the hole with a temp of some kind. Field repair. Appropriate for Antarctic scientists, transoceanic sailors, and people without a lot of money. Next step would be to automate it. Micromachinery.