In Digital Planet Gareth Mitchell tries his hand at dentistry. Thankfully not with real people, but with a robotic simulator. The Japanese invention allows trainee dentists to make mistakes without inflicting pain on real patients.
Each week, Discovery takes an in-depth look at the most significant ideas, discoveries and trends in science, from the smallest microbe to the furthest corner of space.
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