What Is a Caries Vaccine?

Dental caries vaccine can prevent dental caries (commonly known as tooth decay) by just spraying it in the nose. Professor Fan Mingwen and his research team at the Stomatological Hospital of Wuhan University developed the world's first DNA vaccine for dental caries, achieving world-leading levels in the prevention of dental caries and the standard treatment of dental pulp disease. On January 11, 2010, the scientific research results of Professor Fan Mingwen and others won the second prize of National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2009. The team of ten persons led by Professor Fan Mingwen, Dean of the Stomatological Hospital of Wuhan University, after 20 years of research, finally developed the world's first dental caries vaccine and won the second prize of the National Science and Technology Progress Award in 2009. The vaccine has undergone packaging research and is expected to launch finalized products within the year.