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Bye-bye cavities?
Topic Started: Apr 2 2009, 05:37 PM (180 Views)
George K
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Finally
Company Says It's Developed Way to Block Cavities
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BASF, the world's largest chemical maker, says it has found a way to prevent cavity-causing bacteria from attacking teeth, a development that could be seen in toothpaste, mouthwash and even candy as early as next year.

Using a microorganism related to those used in yogurt cultures, the Germany-based company said it has engineered a process that clusters harmful bacteria in the mouth before they can bind with sugar and form plaque.

The organism and plaque-causing bacteria are then swallowed as part of the mouth's natural cleaning process.

It's safe to swallow the bacteria, known by the scientific name Streptococcus mutans, because it's regularly found in the mouth and humans already digest it constantly, the company said.

"There is a complex dynamic of bacteria that grow on the teeth," said University of Connecticut Health Center's Jason Tanzer, who studied BASF's results and is presenting his findings at an industry conference Thursday. "They can stick to those surfaces and form a film or they can be swallowed."

As part of his study, Tanzer fed two groups of rats a diet high in sugar, but put BASF's product, known as pro-t-action, in only one group's food.

Tooth decay in the group of rats using pro-t-action was far less pronounced than in the group not using the product, a development that Tanzer said was promising.

"I would be rather optimistic about this product," he said.
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jon-nyc
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Awesome. Another reminder that the long predicted biotech revolution really will come.

And just in time for baby-nyc!
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Mikhailoh
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They already have sealants, Jon. I'd be more inclined to go with those.
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Frank_W
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I've never had a cavity. Ever. When I go for cleanings, the dentist looks at how deep the roots of my teeth are from my Panorex, then looks at what little cleaning needs to be done, and just marvels.

I gots good choppers. :D They're in there like ROCKS. Arrrrr......
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My younger brother, who is about your age, also has rock solid perfect teeth. The was a movement in the mid sixties through the seventies for women to use fluoride supplements while pregnant. I always assumed it was that, but it could be just good genes.
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Red Rice
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Pretty soon the only thing dentists will be able to make money from is orthodontics and cosmetics.
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I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss!

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Frank_W
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Hrmmm... That's very interesting. I didn't know that.

The only dental work I've ever had to have, was capping my top front two teeth and getting root canals done on them. They got smashed in a nasty bike wreck I had as a teenager, and I had all four wisdom teeth dug out, because they were impacted, while I was in the Army. They weren't causing me a bit of pain, but the dentist noticed it on the Panorex and said, "All four of 'em gotta' go."

It was cool... I was sitting in the chair and the assistant started an IV on me. She put a syringe into the port with the anasthesia in it, and said, "Where did you say you were from again?" as she depressed the plunger.

I said, "California........." Blackness

I remembered nothing else until I awoke, in total darkness and silence. I thought I was dead, for a moment. Then I realized that I was in a bed in the hospital, in a sitting position, my mouth stuffed full of gauze, and an emesis basin on my chest. :unsure: It was pretty strange.
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
Me: "Man, that's a lot of lampshades!"
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ivorythumper
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They are pretty efficient in the army, huh?
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Red Rice
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ivorythumper
Apr 3 2009, 11:50 AM
They are pretty efficient in the army, huh?
Yeah. I'll bet the syringe was a distraction while someone clubbed him over the head.
Civilisation, I vaguely realized then - and subsequent observation has confirmed the view - could not progress that way. It must have a greater guiding principle to survive. To treat it as a carcase off which each man tears as much as he can for himself, is to stand convicted a brute, fit for nothing better than a jungle existence, which is a death-struggle, leading nowhither. I did not believe that was the human destiny, for Man individually was sane and reasonable, only collectively a fool.

I hope the gunner of that Hun two-seater shot him clean, bullet to heart, and that his plane, on fire, fell like a meteor through the sky he loved. Since he had to end, I hope he ended so. But, oh, the waste! The loss!

- Cecil Lewis
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Frank_W
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Actually, it was done at Yokota Air Force hospital. All we had at Camp Zama was a little clinic. They could have done it there, but I would have been conscious for it, and I'm sure it would have sucked badly. Apparently, they had to dig through the gums to find all four teeth and actually break them into pieces and dig them out of the bone.

*shudder*
Anatomy Prof: "The human body has about 20 sq. meters of skin."
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