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Sumita Mitra: The Indian American scientist behind 1 billion flawless smiles

by Chandu | Jun 26, 2021

From being a soft-spoken girl, who used to marvel at the chemicals and their reactions in her father’s laboratory, to a trailblazer in dental nanomaterials, Sumita Mitra’s rise to fame has been nothing short of phenomenal. This Indian-American chemist...

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