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Radio 4,2 mins

Distilled halitosis anyone?

Available for over a year

Paul Evans meets with Professor William Wade from King's College London to literally look at the billions of bacteria that make up the human form. He's particularly taken with the 'vampire bacteria' that form when periodontitis takes a hold and contributes to halitosis.

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