MEDIA RELEASE
Thursday 10 December 2009
CSL Ltd has signed an agreement with Sanofi Pasteur to fund a program in the CRC for Oral Health Science for the further development of a vaccine to prevent and treat the wide-spread gum disease periodontitis.
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Watch an animation of how the new vaccine will work...
 More than 40,000 Australians a year are hospitalised for preventable dental conditions.
Almost half of Australia’s 6 year-olds have cavities in their baby teeth. 25% of Australian adults have untreated dental decay.
20% of Australian adults have moderate or severe cases of the gum disease periodontitis.
The current cost of dental treatment in Australia is $5.7 billion a year.
There is growing evidence that dental disease is linked to systemic diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
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