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They're calling it combat gum.
Hale predicts that combat gum could save the military a hundred million dollars annually.
Combat gum is also sugar-free, like Trident, but the Army's formula involves an ingredient code named KSL-W.
He can already picture mothers in Walgreens, drawn to a "Developed by the U.S. Army" label, packing combat gum in the lunch bags of the soldiers of tomorrow.
If everything goes as planned — only a few people have tried combat gum so far, in small doses — Hale envisions it being mass produced and sold to civilians, first by prescription, then over the counter.
Originally designed for soldiers to combat gum infection, the product contains an active protein which, say the developers, replicates the action of brush and paste - allowing a holiday from toothpaste "for at least a couple of days".
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