The End of Cavities?

A team of scientists led by José Córdoba from Yale University and Erich Astudillo from the University of Chile have developed a chemical that can kill all the cavity-causing bacteria in a person's mouth -in only 60 seconds! They call it Keep 32, because using it may let you keep all 32 of your teeth for a lifetime.

After seven years of research, Keep 32 is ready for human trials, if the researchers can get the funding. Link

(Image credit: Flickr user Kathy McGraw)

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I recall reading about this research product several years back (probably when it first started.)

The only thing I can think of is "Yeah, kill all the cavity causing bacteria. We all know that worked so well with other varieties of bacteria. Why worry about the potential for creating a resistant variety that worse then the one we have now? Great idea."


So it only lasts for several hours, could be added to candy (which is already a health threat for several reasons,) and we are talking about the potential for creating another mutated streptococcus variety. Yep, great idea.
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