Article: Know new cavities! Light technology detects potential for tooth decay.(AROUND INDIANA)

WHEN GEORGE STOOKEY retired from the Indiana University School of Dentistry in 2001, he certainly didn't set out to become an entrepreneur. But he had an idea that might make an interesting hobby--using light waves to identify teeth that would soon develop cavities.

OK, it might be difficult to find anyone other than a retired professor or dentist who would call that a hobby However, as a new business venture, the concept seems to be generating some excitement.

Stookey, who spent 37 years in teaching, research and administrative positions at the dental school, was intrigued by technology that was being in used in Europe to test teeth with lasers. The concept was ...

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