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The Forsyth Institute in Boston reports that certain molecules stimulate the production of antibodies that attack tooth decaying bacteria. . The molecules are said to prevent the bacterial colonization of teeth. Nose spray cavity vaccines are one potential application for the molecules. These nose sprays have the potential to stimulate lymphoid tissues, which in turn stimulate the production of antibodies in saliva.

The report also cited statistics released from a report from the World Health Organization. That report, The World Oral Health Report 2003, has concluded that dental cavities affect 60-90% of schoolchildren and most adults in the industrialized world. The next question is the percentage of people affected with dental cavities in the non-industrialized world. Cavities have been a growing problem affecting more and more people ever since the beginning of the first millennium when sugar cane was introduced as a food substance.

Dentists, or those that are considering dentistry as a profession, might have economic concerns if such a vaccine comes on the market. The report indicated that in the United States alone, spending on dental treatment. amounts to over $70 billion a year. That figure is expected to grow by 10 percent annually.

SOURCE: ICIS Chemical Business, Dental decay scientists offer a ?toothy? smile, June 5, 2006