Megan MacKenzie, the more junior author (at the time a senior lecturer), received calls threatening her with consequences for her career.

Why only mention the more junior author? Did the senior authors not get targeted? Did they receive different threats? There’s definitely an implication here and I’d rather not assume… :/

And how “funny” - when “outed” (and were they?) for being biased, the reaction was to be an absolute turd? Ugh.

Technically abortion isn’t actually legal in Australia. Technically. And in some places nearly impossible without driving a real long way.

It’s user submitted as to where the blocks are, so a very new video won’t have it yet. One that’s been up for a while, and with enough votes, then yes.

We have a gaming laptop at work, but there’s a hand held 3d scanner attached to it and it builds the model as we scan. Only gaming laptops have a GPU good enough to do this.

My home provider does not offer esim so physical is what I use. When I’m travelling I use esim almost exclusively unless there’s a killer physical Sim deal.

From my understanding , it wasn’t past the second pair, it was to reactivate deactivated teeth.

As in, they artificially induced a way to stop a tooth forming (which can occur naturally in humans), and then reactivated it. Useful for folks who suffer from agenesis in the first place.

Mineral constantly comes in and out of the enamel crystal matrix due to acid challenge (which occurs for a variety of reasons), and including fluoride when it goes back in creates a more acid resistant crystal.

This occurs no matter the age of the individual. Systemic uptake is something to be mindful of at young ages, so it’s actually important to have not too much when younger, but you can go up to an adult dose past the age of 7.

It’s useful in immature teeth because the grooves have not yet taken up enough fluoride to be acid resistant enough against the modern diet. Not all immature teeth need them either, as not everyone has those deep grooves. Furthermore, this only protects against decay on that surface if it’s done well - and a lot of the time a wriggly kid means saliva has contaminated the surface and now you have an extra interface of failure.

In adults the benefit is a lot less (if the groove was decay prone, they would have formed a cavity there by the time they see a dentist), and doing this procedure may actually increase the risk of decay than reduce (due to the extra interface of failure).

Lastly, this only protects that surface - not in between teeth. A lot of cavities happen between because there’s a lot of plaque being left behind there… Because almost nobody flosses properly.

Use your interdental brushes folks! And stop drinking soda… And use extra high fluoride toothpaste.

I thought humid was good for asthma. 🫣