Enjoy candy without the cavities thanks to a UCLA professor of dentistryPosted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus 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. Comments: 5 Score: [-] 376 [+].