Poor oral hygiene is a prevalent problem in India. Mango branches can act as a toothbrush and contain a chemical called mangiferin, which can act as a natural toothbrush. Information on proper dental hygiene was provided and a plan for providing and distributing mango tree branches was developed. The rate of tooth caries dropped significantly.

Creator

• Satonick, Peter J.
• Young, Kyle C.
• Logan-Rung, Joshua J.
• Rogers, Sarah B.
• Nogueira, Tess E.

Contributors

• Rulfs, Jill
• Vassallo, Hellen

Subject

• Heal the World

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Language

• English

Identifier

• GPS1155

Year

• 2013

Date created

• 2013-01-01

Resource type

• Poster

Rights statement

• In Copyright

License

• Creative Commons BY-NC Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International