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� Plaque bacteria cause gum disease if not removed regularly from the gum margins.
� Plaque changes sugars to acid each time we eat, causing cavities mostly between teeth and particularly inside pits and fissures in groves on chewing surfaces of back teeth where the brush cannot reach.

� Plaque bacteria grow all the time and can double every twenty minutes. Each bacterium forms a colony over 3.5 million in 8 hours so there is a lot of bacteria at breakfast to change any sugars to acid.

� Brush towards the gum line with fluoride toothpaste before breakfast and floss between teeth to reduce acid attack at breakfast.

� Brushing after eating cannot reach inside pits and fissures so chewing a suitable fiber like celery seems best to remove food, force saliva around teeth and inside grooves to dilute sugars, neutralize acids and repair demineralized tooth.

� Natural fiber though good can vary in quality and cannot deliver dental agents such as fluoride. Chewing gum can deliver saliva and dental agents but seals pits and fissures under chewing pressure preventing saliva and dental agents from penetrating these groves.

� A glass model of the pits and fissures in the teeth made it possible to compare a whole range of "chewy fiber" and dental agents. Altering the chewing gum formula and developing small bubbles of fiber, giving soft, thin, chewy cell walls in chewing gum, gave the best result and prevented the gum from sticking every where.

� This has been called a dental foam which can floss between teeth, while chewing the fiber removes food and plaque, forcing saliva and dental agents around teeth and into pits and fissures to neutralize acids and repair tooth, etc.

� Further, derivatives from milk and cereals help protect teeth and that these can be delivered by chewing dental foam with these dental agents before eating.

� Dental foam can force food dye from the kitchen into pits and fissures and leaking margins of fillings, which is difficult to rinse away with water. These should be regarded as susceptible areas that require X-rays and filling or fissure sealant or fluoride therapy with dental foam assistance.

While Dental foam is not on the market yet, there are some 102 companies around the world that can supply the basic foam to toothpaste, toothbrush, chewing gum and dairy food manufacturers to deliver dental agents in a disposable toothbrush that is a dental floss and a true dental chewing gum.

The Supertooth Book and Supertooth On The Net, will cover dental health education of the public with experiments that easily show total personal tooth care.

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