Yes, it really is true. You can kill all of the bacteria that cause
tooth decay simply by sucking a sweet-tasting lollipop!A dentist called Wengyuan Shi, at U.C.L.A. School of Dentistry, has created a
lollipop that is actually good for your teeth. It''s orange-flavoured and sugar-free and contains a natural substance found in licorice, that kills the tooth decay bug, Streptococcus mutans.He''s been working on it for the last eight years, trying to find out which of the 700 kinds of bacteria present in the human mouth is the one that causes tooth decay. Then he had to design an anti-bug, "smart-bomb", that would kill the bad bacteria without wiping-out the good bacteria as well.This new
candy is great
news for parents, who can now encourage their kids to finish up their lollipop, "because it''s good for you!", knowing that they are going to save a bundle of cash on dentist''s bills in the future.Of course, these
lollipops are great for everybody not just kids, and by killing all of the bad bacteria you will find that problems like bad breath will disappear.The tooth-friendly lollipop is being sold under the name of Dr. John''s Herbal Candy and you just have to suck one in the morning and one at night for a couple of weeks to zap all of the mouth-nasties. To keep up the good work afterwards, you just need to do this once or twice a year. What could be simpler than that?And as if that''s not enough, Shi is working on a whole range of new stuff to kill the bacteria that cause nose, ear and gut infections. What a great guy!You can buy Dr. John''s Herbal Candy lollipops online now.
Marketed as Dr. John''s Herbal Candy, the lollipop, now available for
purchase through a candy manufacturer that licenses the technology from
UCLA, is the first therapeutic developed by Shi. But he has many more
in the works to target bacteria wreaking havoc in the nose, ear and
gut, to name just a few.
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And he''s also working on kits to test for these devilish pathogens.
"Part of my wild dream is that one day you will walk into the dentist''s
office and give a saliva sample to be tested, just as you would give
urine and blood samples to doctors," said Shi, a professor with joint
appointments in UCLA''s
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