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The incidence of tooth decay has remained much the same after fluoridation and is still our most common disease indicating the need for monitoring and regular or evidence based review of oral hygiene and treatment protocols.
Tooth-brushing does not reach where food is left trapped like between teeth after eating, which indicates the need to floss at least a recommended once a day, while brushing with fluoridated toothpaste is recommended twice a day.
Because brushing cannot reach between teeth, evidence suggests that flossing or removing food from between teeth should be done just before brushing so fluoride has easy access between teeth to remineralise demineralised tooth.
However over 80% of cavities occur inside pits and fissures where fissure sealant placement over chewing surfaces blocks food being trapped and greatly reduces tooth decay.
Chewing forces food to be trapped displacing previously trapped food as can be seen with a glass model of a fissure www.supertoothndk.org
The model shows brushing cannot reach but that chewing can force toothpaste and chewing celery forces saliva inside pits and fissures to remineralise demineralised tooth, which can improve personal tooth care through slight changes to tooth care protocol.
Similarly chewing pressure can force fissure sealants deeper inside pits and fissures, even around corners indicating that slight changes in the protocol of applying sealants can reduce the time and cost involved with better retention and longer life.

Govt funding for a better toothbrush is sound econnomic sense

No toothbrush can reach inside pits and fissures on chewing surfaces where over 80% of cavities occur due to acid demineralisation from food left trapped after every meal or snack.

Over 11 million Australians develop a cavity each year and oral health services have escalated to over $6 billion in 2009.

A chewy toothbrush that can force fluoride toothpaste inside pits and fissures before brushing can remineralise demineralised tooth and all 3 to 4 billion current brushes globally should be replaced 3 or 4 times a year, which is worth between $27 billion to $48 BILLION A YEAR;

In AUSTRALIA it is worth between $36 million to $200 million, which could save $1 billion off the $6 billion Oral Health budget in the first few years,

But there is no toothbrush industry in Australia so it makes good economic sense to offer a grant to the best chewy toothbrush design in the next 6 months to start a toothbrush industry in Australia.