August 9/Osaka, Japan/European Organization for Caries ---Oolong tea, a popular traditional Chinese beverage, may help prevent caries in humans by inhibiting dental plaque, according to a presentation last month at the 58th Annual ORCA (European Organization for Caries Research) Congress in Lithuania.
Researchers from the Osaka University Graduate School of Dentistry in Japan previously demonstrated that oolong tea extract, when added to drinking water, reduced plaque accumulation and inhibited the development of experimental dental caries in rats.