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if you enjoy eating sugar-filled food, then you likely dread that trip to the dentist. Lots of sugar can end up meaning painful tooth cavities unless you take extra care and brush and floss at least twice a day.
A new molecule has been discovered that might make tooth cavities a thing of the past, though. One thing is for sure: it's going to have a few dentists worried about their careers.
It's not actually sugar that causes cavities, it's the bacteria Streptococcus Mutans. This bacteria metabolizes the sugar in your mouth and turns it into lactic acid which then attacks your tooth enamel. When that happens your teeth become vulnerable to decay and cavities can form. So, if you remove Streptococcus Mutans from the equation you stop the decay from happening.
Jose Cordova, a researcher at Yale University, along with Erich Astudillo from the University of Chile, have discovered a new molecule called Keep 32 that kills Streptococcus Mutans. The pair already have a patent pending and now want to begin human trials to prove it works. That should take no more than 18 months if they find funding.
If successful, Keep 32 could make its way into toothpaste and other tooth care products, but it could also be added to food to stop the bacteria from causing damage at the time of eating.
If Keep 32 works as described, you can guarantee there will be a lot of interest from the dental and food industries, and in particular companies that currently provide tooth care products. Hopefully one of them doesn't acquire the patent and shelve it so as to ensure we all keep buying toothpaste and going to the dentist for repair work.
