Reason to smile: Researchers confident new vaccine can tackle gum disease

By Liam Mannix
Updated January 1 2017 - 1:13pm, first published December 8 2016 - 4:30pm
Laurete Professor Eric Reynolds is part of a team developing a vaccine for gum disease. Photo: Justin McManus
Laurete Professor Eric Reynolds is part of a team developing a vaccine for gum disease. Photo: Justin McManus
Moderate to severe gum disease affects more than one in five Australians.  Photo: Anthia Cumming
Moderate to severe gum disease affects more than one in five Australians. Photo: Anthia Cumming

Melbourne researchers are confident they have developed a world-first vaccine for gum disease after 15 years of work.

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