Dental innovators lead the way.

摘要

A medical device consisting of a miniature camera and a set of tiny mirrors is a winner in the dentistry and oral health category at the Medical Futures Innovations Awards. The device, which will enable dentists to produce images of teeth, bones and gums similar to X-rays using infrared light, was developed by a team of dentists and physicists from the Universities of Dundee and Strathclyde, who scooped a hat-trick of awards after developing the new technology which has the potential to replace X-rays in dentistry. The infrared imaging system developed by Professor Nigel Pitts and Dr Chris Longbottom at Dundee and Professor John Girkin and Dr Simon Poland at Strathclyde, won the overall Dental and Health Innovations Award, the Best Diagnostic in Dental and Oral Health Award, and the NHS Technology Innovation Award.