Could the future of oral hygiene be seaweed toothpaste? (Thinkstock)You might only think of seaweed as something that holds your sushi together, but new research is showing that these sea greens could be a secret weapon in the fight against tooth decay.
As the BBC online reports, researchers a Newcastle University had been testing whether Bacillus licheniformis, an enzyme from microbes found on seaweed, could be used to clean the hulls of ships when a light bulb went off.
Seaweed toothpaste could fight tooth decay
