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Tooth decay is our most common disease affecting 11 million Australians each year.

Over 80% of cavities occur inside pits and fissures on chewing surfaces where food is trapped while eating and brushing cannot reach and acid demineralisation exceeds saliva and fluoride remineralisation.

Chewing celery after eating forces saliva inside pits and fissures to dilute trapped sugars, neutralise acid and help remineralisation of tooth surfaces to help exceed demineralisation.

Is your school doing something for Dental health month in August to improve oral health promotion as recommended by recent health reform reports like ‘A healthier future for all Australians’ (item 86) and results in improved personal tooth care.

To make Dental Health Month more fun and reach the wider community, Supertooth suggests each student uses the social media to show what they are doing to understand acid demineralisation and saliva, fluoride or other remineralisation like Recaldent.

While all cavities occur from acid demineralisation where food is left on teeth under chewing pressure displacing previously trapped food.

While most food is noticed trapped between teeth, over 80% of cavities occur inside pits and fissures on chewing surfaces where brushing, fluoride toothpaste and saliva have no access to neutralise acid and remineralise tooth.

With other oral health care, forcing toothpaste inside pits and fissures under chewing pressure before brushing greatly increases remineralisation and could prevent tooth decay. See supertoothndk.org

ERA-TV is creating new content and new producers.
Tricia Ziemer - a current reporter for Eastern News Beat - debuts her new show
"KIDS in the KITCHEN" which she hosts and produces.

Talented kids learn to garden and cook nutritious meals from fresh ingrediants with celebrity chefs such as Gabriel Gate, Loz Blain and The Colonial from SUADE, Chef Ange, and Chef Linda Herridge.

Karroty the Karrot pops in for comic relief and inspirational insights.

Weeden Height Primary School have kindly loaned their beautiful garden and kitchen for filming parts of the show.

Supertooth and Chocolate maker Sweet William have developed a calcium rich chocolate to chew before and after meals and snacks to help prevent tooth decay.

Chewing traps food displacing previously trapped food. However some foods are hard to displace and some foods cause acid demineralisation of tooth while others help remineralise teeth.

Supertooth exploits the best of these qualities to help Sweet William chocolate to help prevent tooth decay.

Tricia Ziemer explores Tracey Roberts journey from childhood singer, songwriter, through to graphic illustrator to musical artist extradionare. Enjoy the visit as Tricia explores Tracey's artwork exhibition at the Wyreena Community Arts Centre. Tracey Roberts creates original black and white art drawings and enhances them to an explosion of digitally coloured limited prints surrounded by the soulful sounds of her stunning music. With the release of her 6th CD, this talented lady and her exclusive exhibition is not to be missed.

Supertooth Says
Though most food is left trapped between teeth after every meal or snack,
over 80% of cavities develop inside pits and fissures in grooves on chewing surfaces.

Over 11 million of Australians suffer new decay each year, 38% have untreated decay. Most cavities occur between the age of 12 and 21. “Approximately $3.7 billion was spent on dental services in the year 2001-02” and $4.4 billiom in 2003-04. Only 1.7% on prevention

Join Tricia as she interviews this dynamic team as they talk about the
6 month course they are taking to become advanced trainers in their
specific fields of extertise. They are taking the Training and Assesment Certificate IV course at the Upper Yarra Community House Leaning Centre Join actors, multimedia, learning specialists and others as they talk about their journey via the community house sector to increased self-esteem and new career paths. If you want to join community corner, contact Tricia Ziemer at tmz@comcen.com.au. If you want to start your training journey, contact UYCH at

Bill Page interviews a celebrity snake handler as snakes run lose around his backyard. Is there really danger in deadly snakes and their snake bite? Join Eastern Newsbeat on Monday and Thursday for this and other exciting news.