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Factory uses waste metals to make dentures
By Zhao Wen |
November 26, 2012, Monday
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AN unlicensed denture factory in Beijing was suspended from production yesterday for allegedly using recycled metals to make dentures, today's Beijing News reported.
The Beijing Jingjiayi Denture Processing Center is also accused of using illegal cleansing creams to whiten dentures to meet hospital requirements.
The factory in the city's Tongzhou District was suspended by law enforcement officers after reading an investigative report by a local newspaper.
A journalist found the factory smelted recycled metals to make dentures and used shoe polishers and furniture cleansing products to whiten and brighten the dentures.
Due to the low purity of recycled metals, the poorly-made dentures contain tiny holes and can cause irritation and other mouth diseases if not strictly disinfected, said Shao Dongsheng, a Beijing prosthodontist.
The company sold its dentures and false teeth sold to small and medium-sized hospitals and dental clinics at low prices. A false tooth made at a cost of less than 100 yuan was sold to dental clinics for hundreds of yuan and resold to patients at thousands of yuan, sometimes 60 times the factory price, the report said.
"To put it bluntly, this is an unlicensed factory. If there is any check, we wouldn't pass it," said Huang Yuchao, the factory owner. Huang told the reporter that there are hundreds of unlicensed denture factories in Beijing and only half of them are licensed.
Huang admitted that about 20 percent of their products failed the quality standard and needed to be remade.
The law enforcement team has cut the water, gas and power supplies for the factory and official investigation is still ongoing.
The Beijing Jingjiayi Denture Processing Center is also accused of using illegal cleansing creams to whiten dentures to meet hospital requirements.
The factory in the city's Tongzhou District was suspended by law enforcement officers after reading an investigative report by a local newspaper.
A journalist found the factory smelted recycled metals to make dentures and used shoe polishers and furniture cleansing products to whiten and brighten the dentures.
Due to the low purity of recycled metals, the poorly-made dentures contain tiny holes and can cause irritation and other mouth diseases if not strictly disinfected, said Shao Dongsheng, a Beijing prosthodontist.
The company sold its dentures and false teeth sold to small and medium-sized hospitals and dental clinics at low prices. A false tooth made at a cost of less than 100 yuan was sold to dental clinics for hundreds of yuan and resold to patients at thousands of yuan, sometimes 60 times the factory price, the report said.
"To put it bluntly, this is an unlicensed factory. If there is any check, we wouldn't pass it," said Huang Yuchao, the factory owner. Huang told the reporter that there are hundreds of unlicensed denture factories in Beijing and only half of them are licensed.
Huang admitted that about 20 percent of their products failed the quality standard and needed to be remade.
The law enforcement team has cut the water, gas and power supplies for the factory and official investigation is still ongoing.
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