Despite all the brushing and flossing and nagging and trips to the dentist, most kids are going to get a cavity sometime before they reach adulthood. But one doctor has developed a cavity fighting method that he thinks is going to revolutionize dental hygiene for everybody.
A lollipop.
Dr. Wenyuan Shi developed the cavity-fighting, anti-germ lollipop using herbs and techniques from Chinese medicine. He tested 2,000 herbs and conducted 50,000 experiments with them and supposedly found a natural cavity fighter -- licorice.
Shi put the compounds into lollipop form because of the candy's universal appeal to people of all ages. And because they wouldn't have to be FDA approved. (Yes, but can we see some tests? Or does he make one in snake oil flavor, too?).
His proposed regimen would be two lollipops a day for 10 days, four times a year. He does not recommend altering the habit of brushing and flossing twice daily.
Shi is doing more studies on the lollipops, but they're already for sale under the name Dr. John's.
Report back if you try them. I'm intrigued.
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