Will Micro-Robots Brush Your Teeth?
<p>Hyun “Michel” Koo grew up in what he calls a “poor section” of Sao Paulo, Brazil, witnessing — and sometimes experiencing — what happens when people can’t get oral health care.</p>
<p>Children suffering painful cavities and adults ashamed of missing teeth sparked a lifelong passion to make dental care more available and affordable for people in poor communities and countries. Now, as co-director of a groundbreaking research center at the University of Pennsylvania, where he is a dental school professor, he believes he is in position, along with like-minded and enthusiastic colleagues, to start making a dent in this abiding ambition as they develop innovative technologies with the potential to help transform oral health. They are asking things like:</p>
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