Enjoy candy without the cavities thanks to a UCLA professor of dentistry
Enjoy candy without the cavities thanks to a UCLA professor of dentistry
What Willy Wonka did for chocolate, UCLA microbiologist Wenyuan Shi is doing for lollipops. Shi and his lab team at the School of Dentistry have managed to make candy that's actually good for your teeth. The orange-flavored, sugar-free lollipop they devised is infused with a natural ingredient found in licorice that kills the primary bacterium causing tooth decay, Streptococcus mutans. picked by AutumnLotus 6 months ago
tags candy cavities UCLA wenyuan shi lollipops orange
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 nduanete...
6 months ago
I don't recall Willy Wonka doing anything to chocolate that made it good for you.

or am I misinterpreting the line, "What Willy Wonka did for chocolate, UCLA microbiologist Wenyuan Shi is doing for lollipops"?
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 DemureAr...
6 months ago
Okay, but how do they taste?
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 teresag
6 months ago
Why not just eat licorice (the real stuff)? Mmmm...licorice.
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 llllllll...
6 months ago
Why not just eat candy, but floss and brush your teeth on a regular basis?
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 KillerBe...
6 months ago
Consequently causes massive tooth loss ... but no cavities.
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