Eastern Regional Access Television

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.

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

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.

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