Mainstream dentistry has tested chlorine dioxide, though never for cavities. A randomized clinical trial found that chlorine dioxide mouthwash reduced plaque, gingivitis, and colony counts of Streptococcus mutans, the primary decay organism. An earlier study of an oral rinse documented the same microbicidal effect on salivary mutans streptococci and lactobacilli. Commercial stabilized chlorine dioxide rinses have been […]