Green tea may promote dental health
A research paper suggests that drinking green tea increases dental health. Researchers found that people aged 40 to 64 who drank one cup of green tea a day were less likely to lose teeth. They found that men who drank at least one cup of tea a day were 19% less likely to have fewer than 20 teeth than those who did not drink green tea. Tea drinking women had 13% lower odds. Scientists suspect that antimicrobial molecules called catechins present in green tea and, in lesser amounts in other tea varieties, kill mouth bacteria associated with tooth decay and gum disease.