The National Academy of Sciences, NIDCR grantees and a colleague defined the adhesive qualities of a single amino acid that is prominent in mussel glue.
When placing a white composite filling into a decayed tooth, the devil is always in the polymerization process. That’s when dentists shine a high-energy light onto the dough-like filling packed into the cavity, prompting small unbound molecules, or monomers, within the material to link into polymer chains.
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