Better tooth care prevents decay with new dentall health promotion

Although fluoride has greatly reduced tooth decay, it has remained at the same level over the last 25 years and is still our most common disease affecting over 11 million Australians each year because frequent acid demineralisation events exceed remineralisation between meals or snacks.

All cavities occur from an accumulation of demineralisation episodes that exceed saliva and fluoride remineralisation where food is left on teeth and any carbohydrate like sugar is changed to acid by resident plaque bacteria that brushing cannot reach.

Over 90% of cavities in children occur from acid demineralisation inside pits and fissures where food is left trapped and brushing, fluoride and saliva have no access to reduce demineralisation and remineralise tooth like on easy to reach surfaces.

Sealants placed over chewing surfaced, block food from being trapped and prevents cavities inside pits and fissures. Photos of sealants forced inside pits and fissures under the same chewing pressure as food, show much deeper penetration which is replicated with the Supertooth glass model of a fissure that also shows that brushing cannot force toothpaste inside pits and fissures.

Chewing sugarless gum after eating helps increase saliva flow around the mouth, but cannot absorb and expel saliva like chewing fibre such as celery, that also forces saliva into trapped food inside pits and fissures to dilute carbohydrate like sugar, neutralise acid and remineralise demineralised tooth like on easy to reach surfaces.

For more information on how to prevent tooth decay and improve oral health to share with friends on Facebook and Twitter, visit www.supertoothndk.org

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