Thanksgiving Dinner Means A Bacterial War For Your Teeth

On Thanksgiving Day, it will be all hugs and football for many people, but inside their mouths one of the biggest wars of the year will be taking place. Streptococcus mutans and other harmful bacteria get their own holiday feast and S. mutans gets to launch one of its biggest assaults of the year on your tooth enamel.  But you have soldiers on your side too, namely cranberries and even wine, say dental researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center read more

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