Dental 4 Less, Tooth sensor accurately detects oral activity
Because the mouth is an opening that can yield health information for our body, a team from National Taiwan University created a sensor that embeds within a single tooth. The sensor is so small that it can either fit inside an artificial tooth or straddle a real one.
Using an accelerometer to monitor different activities of the mouth, the team used tiny wires within the sensor to carry data to a computer, though they say that future models of the sensor will use Bluetooth for wireless reporting.