Natural maple polyphenol found to inhibit tooth decay bacteria in new study (Also in green tea)

Medical Xpress / American Society for Microbiology / Microbiology Spectrum ^ | Aug. 7, 2025 | Ahmed Elbakush, Ph.D. et al

[ConservativeMind]

Green and black tea have this, but green and the less common white tea have quite a bit more than black.

Sip some of these teas each day and reduce your tooth and gum issues.

[ConservativeMind]

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[sauropod]

Good post. 👍

[bunkerhill7]

Bark eaters

[Seaplaner]

This raises the intriguing possibility that the moderate effects seen with EGCG-based dental products may be due to using the suboptimal compound, instead of the more potent ECG.

Quite interesting, and yup, both compounds are in black and green tea (and there are some other chemical relatives in the mix as well.)

The difference between the two polyphenols is that the EGC has one fewer hydroxyl (OH) in the B (catechol) ring. A small chemical change can mean big differences in physiological effect, n'est ce pas?

[jimtorr]

Hmmmm.........I am 71, and have had only 1 cavity in the past 50 years. I also drink 1 liter of black tea every morning, with breakfast. Perhaps there is a connection.

[normbal]

Have you EVER seen an older buddhist monk with a complete set of teeth, or teeth that weren’t so ROTTEN you couldn’t bear watching them talk much less laugh?

This sounds like folklore BS to me.

[Veto!]

Tooth problems have plagued me since I had baby teeth, lucky to have a tooth left in my fmouth. Spent many many $$$$$$$ on dentistry. (MD bills very low)

A few months ago , I got tired of coffee and switched to green tea. Tastiest brand is Yogi, it’s organic and Safeway sells it here. Of course AMZ too.

Maybe I should sweeten it with maple syrup. Sounds awful, but worth a try. Race to brush teeth right after.

[Adder]

My bad!
Thought it said tooth decay in bacteria...

[Scram1]

Maypall already offers a product for children and adults.

https://www.maypall.com

[KittyKares]

I wish they had it in a toothpaste.

[Bullish]

Ah shoot, now they tell me.

[Libloather]

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

False advertising....It Has no Grapes or Nuts in it!

Perhaps they feel like Grape seeds when you bit them?

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Mao Zedong did not brush his teeth. He just rinsed them with green tea.

That is not what the article suggests. In Mao's case his teeth eventually rotted and fell out. (He refused to brush even though his doctor kept asking him to.)

Brush your teeth, chew cloves, drink green tea I suppose.

[Songcraft]

Yeah, they could have proposed this stuff twenty years ago, when we would have been able to test it for ourselves.


     

[Songcraft]

Not all grapes have nuts, so it is sometimes startling when you encounter grapes that do have 'em.


     

[goodnesswins]

Do the British drink green tea?

[ConservativeMind]

Not normally. It’s virtually always black tea, instead.

[Buttons12]

Tea without sweetening, that’s a hard row to hoe. Maybe chew on a clove instead.