In an astonishing effort to control the obesity epidemic, researchers have developed a weight-loss device that utilizes magnets and locking bolts to fasten teeth together.
A Mail Online report said DentalSlim Diet Control, developed by scientists at the University of Otago in New Zealand, is tailored by a dental professional to both the upper and lower back teeth.
It only enables the one wearing it to open his mouth by approximately two millimeters, limiting them to a liquid diet, although minus preventing speech, or more vitally, breathing.
Once fitted, this weight-loss device aims to prevent anyone from consuming solid foods that may go contradicting their strict diet plan.
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In a shocking effort to control the obesity epidemic, researchers have developed a weight-loss device that utilizes magnets and locking bolts to fasten teeth together.
DataSlim Diet Control
The device's developers described their creation as "non-invasive," even though it requires custom-made locking bolts fastened inside the mouth.
In trails detailed in the study, An intraoral device for weight loss: initial clinical findings, published in the British Dental Journal, participants lost an average of 6.36-kilogram stone in two weeks, and the experts said the volunteers were motivated to continue with their weight loss journey.
The University of Otago's Professor Paul Brunton, the study's lead researcher, thinks the weight loss device will be a safe, cost-oriented, and effective mechanism for people combatting obesity.
Essentially, the DietSlim Diet Control can be released by the wearer in the case of an emergency. It can also be repeatedly fitted and taken out.
Commenting on their research, Professor Brunton explained, the main barrier for people for successful weight loss is amenability, and this helps establish new habits, enabling one to comply with a diet low in calories for a period of town. It certainly kick-starts the process, continued the professor.
The lead researcher also said DietSlim Diet Control is a non-invasive, reversible, affordable, and attractive substitute to surgical procedures. The fact is, there are no negative effects with this weight loss device.
Better than Weight Loss Surgery
This tool could be beneficial for people that need to lose weight to undergo surgery and for diabetics for whom weight loss could initiate remission.
In addition, DietSlim Control is a better option as well, compared to costly weight loss surgery, according to the Otago research team.
Weight loss surgery is playing a vital role in managing morbid obesity, although it cannot be depended on when it comes to managing the worldwide epidemic of obesity, explained Professor Brunton.
A Popular Surgery in the 1980s
The process of surgically wiring people's jaws locked became famous in the 1980s, Healthline reported, although it came with risks including vomiting, as well as the danger of choking and gum disease following long-term use.
I certain circumstances, there were continuing problems with restriction of jaw movement, and some developed acute psychiatric problems.
Substitute approaches are needed which may obviate surgery or which decreases weight before surgery and so make it simpler and safer, added the professor.
A similar TechSpot report said, the beauty of this weight-loss device is that once a patient is fitted with it, after two or three weeks, they can have magnets unfastened.
In the trials, the volunteers were provided with a tool to open the device in an emergency, although no one among them needed to use it.
All participants described the device as "tolerable." Nonetheless, the design has since been improved, making its size smaller to increase comfort.
Related information about wiring jaw for weight loss is shown on Naija Dentist's YouTube video below:
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