http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. An advanced polymer technology developed at the University of Colorado Boulder was recently licensed to 3M, a diversified technology company based in St. Paul, Minn. The licensed technology, developed by a team led by CU-Boulder Distinguished Professor Christopher Bowman, enables formation of very low-shrinkage composites, improving performance of many materials currently used in dental fillings and sealants, dentures and dental implants. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-dental-polymer-technology-3m.html Dentistry Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:02:28 EST news282816141 (HealthDay) -- Children who receive dental fillings made from the controversial plastics chemical bisphenol-A (BPA) could undergo small but long-term changes in their behavior, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-plastics-chemical-dental-affect-children.html Pediatrics Mon, 16 Jul 2012 18:20:01 EST news261678827 (Medical Xpress) -- Scientists using nanotechology at the University of Maryland School of Dentistry have created the first cavity-filling composite that kills harmful bacteria and regenerates tooth structure lost to bacterial decay. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-scientists-dental-bacteria-remineralize-tooth.html Health Thu, 03 May 2012 16:30:01 EST news255280102 People who ate canned soup for five days straight saw their urinary levels of the chemical bisphenol A spike 1,200 percent compared to those who ate fresh soup, US researchers said on Tuesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-bpa-spikes-percent-canned-soup.html Health Tue, 22 Nov 2011 16:05:38 EST news241200330