16 Which of the following is the best title of the news article?
(A) A New Technique May Eliminate Drill-and-Fill Dental Care
(B) Reminova Offers New Hope for the Dental Industry
(C) CEO of Reminova Predicts Fewer Dentists Needed
(D) Children Need Not Visit the Dentist Any More

For over a hundred years, dentists have been repairing cavities by removing the decayed tooth tissue with a drill and filling the hole with metal or plastic material. Depending on the cavity’s depth, this method can be unpleasant to downright painful for the patient, and it has to be repeated periodically.

 一百多年來，牙醫通過用鑽頭去除蛀牙組織並用金屬或塑料填充孔洞來修復蛀牙(decayed tooth)。根據腔體的深度，這種方法可能會使患者感到非常痛苦，因此必須定期(periodically)重複進行。

 “You’re really in that cycle of repair and replacement for the rest of the tooth’s life,” said Rebecca Moazzea, senior lecturer at King’s College.

  國王學院的高級講師Rebecca Moazzea表示：“您確實處於牙齒一生的修復和更換週期中。”

 A damaged tooth’s enamel can be replaced naturally, but the process is too slow to stop the work of bacteria that build up in tiny cracks. Now, a British company called Reminova has developed a method for speeding up this natural remineralization of early-stage cavities. 

        受損的牙釉質可以自然更換，但過程太慢，無法阻止在細小裂縫中累積的細菌的工作。現在，一家名為Reminova的英國公司開發了一種方法，可以加快早期蛀牙的自然再礦化速度。

 “We’ve just found a way to make that a much faster process,” said Jeff Wright, Reminova’s chief executive officer. “Driving healthy calcium and phosphate minerals into your enamel, and through a natural process, it will bind on and add to the enamel that’s there.” 

        Reminova首席執行官Jeff Wright說：“我們剛剛找到了一種使這一過程更快的方法。” “將健康的鈣和磷酸鹽礦物質帶入您的牙釉質中，並通過自然過程將其結合併添加到那裡的牙釉質中。”

 Here’s how it works: After cleaning the early-stage cavity with a method that does not require drilling, the dentist covers it with a mineral solution and applies an electrical current that is too weak for the patient to feel. The deposited mineral quickly hardens, completely filling the cavity. 

它的工作原理是：用不需要鑽孔的方法清潔早期的腔後，牙醫用礦物質溶液覆蓋它，並施加太弱的電流使患者感覺不到。沉積的(deposited)礦物迅速硬化，完全填滿型腔。

 Researchers say this method could be especially useful for children. 

 研究人員說，這種方法對兒童尤其有用。

“If children have a better experience of going to the dentist, so they haven’t had necessary drilling and injections for routine fillings, then they’ll be much more positive in later life and probably become much more regular patients,” said Dr. Barry Quinn, a consultant at King’s College. 

        國王學院的顧問Barry Quinn說：“如果孩子有更好的去看牙醫的經驗，那麼他們沒有必要進行常規填充手術的打孔和打針，那麼他們在以後的生活中會變得更加積極，並且有可能成為更多的常規患者。”。

 Dentists point out that the new method is most efficient on early-stage cavities, which makes regular dental checkups essential. The whole treatment lasts about as long as a regular drill-and-fill procedure. 

        牙醫指出，這種新方法對早期蛀牙最為有效，因此定期進行牙齒檢查至關重要。整個治療過程的持續時間與常規的鑽孔和填充過程一樣長。

 Researchers say they are confident that the new method can be further developed for treating later-stage cavities. And they remind us that regular brushing with fluoride toothpaste helps prevent cavities in the first place.

        研究人員說，他們對新方法可以進一步開髮用於治療晚期腔體充滿信心。而且他們提醒我們，定期用氟化物牙膏刷牙有助於預防蛀牙。