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How to Design a Tribology Lab for Plaque Removal

The lab is a bunch of pieces of equipment rubbing things together. Each tribology lab will be a little bit different depending what they're studying. If we're talking about a dog biscuit, we want to start with your hypothesis and designing your system. You do the bench top test that either confirms it or sends you back to the design table. And when you have something that looks promising, then you would go ahead and give that to the dog and monitor the plaque over time in their mouth.

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