Wine Barrels (photo by Dani Simmonds, courtesy of morguefile.com)

No one likes spending time in the dentist’s chair getting cavities filled.

Now it turns out you can help avoid that experience by indulging in a nice glass of wine. And it doesn’t matter if you prefer red or white; they both work. You can even drink non-alcoholic wine.

This pleasant little surprise for wine drinkers is courtesy of a study undertaken by Italy’s University of Pavia, recently published in the Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry.

According to the researchers, “Wine contains a number of biologically active compounds with beneficial effects on human health…Findings show that wine is active against oral streptococci and S. pyogenes and suggest that it enhances oral health.”

So raise a glass of your favorite vintage with those you love and toast Good Dental Health!

If you’d like to read more about the University of Pavia’s study go to: Antibacterial Activity of Red and White Wine against Oral Streptococci