Dental testing goes till June, would like to know if one filling is enough to offer some protection to all surrounding teeth in mouth or just those in immediate area to resin. Appears to provide environment where dental plaque can not form/exist.
Biosignal will own intellectual property arising from the project. If the development is successful, Jernberg, Simonsen and Biosignal will seek to license the technology to leading dental product companies.
Biosignal’s anti-biofilm technology is based on a discovery that the eastern Australian seaweed Delisea pulchra produces natural furanones that disable bacteria's ability to colonise. The fundamental problem with existing anti-bacterials, including antibiotics, is their tendency to generate bacterial resistance. Bacteria rapidly produce resistant strains when faced with strong selective pressure by killing agents or growth-inhibitory agents. Furanones lull bacteria to inaction and appear to avoid the problem of bacterial resistance.
Biosignal produces synthetic compounds effective on inanimate surfaces such as pipes, membranes and medical devices; and animate surfaces such as lungs, skin and teeth.
About Jernberg and Simonsen
Dr Gary Jernberg is a dentist based in Minnesota. He has developed a number of patented technologies. One of these is a periodontal drug delivery system that has been successfully licensed to a major pharmaceutical company and is generating significant revenues.
Dr Richard Simonsen is world-renowned as an expert in conservative esthetic dentistry having pioneered a number of developments including the preventive resin restoration, dental sealants and etched porcelain restorations. Dr Simonsen is the Dean of the Midwestern University College of Dentistry. He is the former Associate Dean for Preclinical Affairs and Research at the Arizona School of Dentistry & Oral Health. Dr Simonsen wrote a textbook on clinical applications of the acid-etch technique in 1977. He has been awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award from the World Congress of Minimally Invasive Dentistry and received the 1999 Distinguished Service Award from the American Society of Dentistry for Children.
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