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Science Centric | 15 January 2008 20:35 GMT
A new prosthetic tooth that releases a controlled dose of medication at regular intervals may achieve a goal that has eluded doctors for 2500 years: finding a way to help patients follow treatment. 'Keep a watch also on the faults of the patients, which often make them lie about the taking of things prescribed,' warned the father of medicine, Hippocrates, 2500 years ago...
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