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Researchers from USC school of dentistry and Viterbi school of engineering are examining these pencil-sized plume of plasma on the tip of a probe that dismantles tough bacteria deep inside the human tooth which may develop a different way of practice for this type of medicine work. This will safely fight tragic biofilm infections in patients. Biofilms are complex bacteria colonies suspended in a slimy matrix that gives protection to from conventional antibiotics. Plasma consists of  ions, electrons and neutral species and is commonly found in space. The plasma is powered by a pulsed power supply instead of consistently giving the probe energy.

In conclusion the researchers from the school of dentistry at USC and Viterbi school of engineering have come up with an idea to use plasma to clean bacteria. This sounds very effective and efficient. This will also save on energy because of the fact that the plasma will be power charged and not charged through a constant stream of electricity.