Your Mouth Merits a Silver Nanoparticles Wash
Yeasts cause difficult-to-treat mouth infections hence are killed using silver nanoparticles in the laboratory, discover scientists. These yeast infections, caused by Candida albicans and Candida glabrata target the young, old and immuno-compromised. Professor Mariana Henriques, University of Minho, and her colleagues hope to test silver nanoparticles in mouthwash and dentures as a potential preventative measure against these infections.