No more cavities — UCLA creates bacteria-eliminating mouthwash
No more cavities — UCLA creates bacteria-eliminating mouthwash
By City News Service, on November 19, 2011, at 9:28 am
A UCLA microbiologist has concocted a mouthwash that appears to completely kill the bacteria in human mouths that cause dental cavities, the school has reported.
The school says the mouthwash is like a targeted smart bomb against cavities, and could eliminate tooth decay from human beings “within our lifetime.”
A small-scale test on a dozen people found that the mouthwash rinsed with the UCLA-developed mouthwash just once, and experienced a near-complete elimination of the “s. mutans” bacteria over a four-day testing period.
That particular strain of bacteria is one of millions that coexist in a human body, but is believed exclusively responsible for tooth decay. Americans spend more than $70 billion per year on dental services, the majority involving cavities caused by that particular bacteria......
By City News Service, on November 19, 2011, at 9:28 am
A UCLA microbiologist has concocted a mouthwash that appears to completely kill the bacteria in human mouths that cause dental cavities, the school has reported.
The school says the mouthwash is like a targeted smart bomb against cavities, and could eliminate tooth decay from human beings “within our lifetime.”
A small-scale test on a dozen people found that the mouthwash rinsed with the UCLA-developed mouthwash just once, and experienced a near-complete elimination of the “s. mutans” bacteria over a four-day testing period.
That particular strain of bacteria is one of millions that coexist in a human body, but is believed exclusively responsible for tooth decay. Americans spend more than $70 billion per year on dental services, the majority involving cavities caused by that particular bacteria......
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