Enjoy candy without the cavities thanks to a UCLA professor of dentistry Posted: 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.
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Posted: 7 months ago by nduanetesh:
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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Posted: 7 months ago by DemureArt:
Okay, but how do they taste?
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Posted: 7 months ago by teresag:
Why not just eat licorice (the real stuff)? Mmmm...licorice.
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Posted: 7 months ago by lllllllllllllll:
Why not just eat candy, but floss and brush your teeth on a regular basis?
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Posted: 7 months ago by KillerBean:
Consequently causes massive tooth loss ... but no cavities.
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