Wednesday, December 29, 2010

Dentist do you know? Some antioxidants prevent tooth decay.

Do you know?

  Anti-oxidants Such as-  proanthocyanidins from Cranberry extract & polyphenols from red   wine Affects Streptococcus mutans ability to produce acid & glucans. Thus preventing the organisms growth & ultimately this helps in prevention of tooth decay.

These anti-oxidants let other beneficial bacteria thrive in oral cavity so taking care of the balance of the oral microbial flora is not disturbed.

Microbiologist & dentist Hyun Koo at the University of Rochester Medical Center in New York published this revelation earlier this year. Koo wants to save teeth by creating a medicinal extract from wine and cranberries.

 

Impact of this study is now we have Anti-Oxidants in our regiment against tooth decay.

 

Source-here

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