Tooth decay to be a thing of the past? Enzyme responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth deciphered

Tooth decay to be a thing of the past? Enzyme responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth deciphered
The Groningen professors Bauke Dijkstra and Lubbert Dijkhuizen have deciphered the structure and functional mechanism of the glucansucrase enzyme that is responsible for dental plaque sticking to teeth. This knowledge will stimulate the identification of substances that inhibit the enzyme. Just add that substance to toothpaste, or even sweets, and caries will be a thing of the past.