Most recently, the company has announced the "world's first application of self assembly used to create a vacuum around nanowires for next-generation microprocessors, " which just so happens to mimic the natural pattern-creating process that forms seashells, snowflakes, and enamel on teeth.

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Erosion, caused by acidic substances, is a wearing away of the enamel coating of teeth.

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This acid attacks the enamel on the teeth and leaves them vulnerable to decay.

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While our flesh gets replenished as cells die and are replaced, the enamel of our teeth is made only once, and at very specific times in our lives.

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"The fact she had her teeth extracted several years before her death because of what her family believed was Coke-induced tooth decay, and the fact that one or more of her children were born without enamel on their teeth, should have been treated by her, and by her family, as a warning, " TVNZ quotes his statement as saying.

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Dental erosion involves demineralisation where teeth are attacked by acids and tooth enamel is consequently worn away.

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First, scientists carried out isotype analysis on the enamel of one of the skeleton's teeth.

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