Such findings, however, are no signal for us to start buying chocolate candies by the carload. The chocolate we see in stores has been emulsified with fats and sweetened with sugars to such an extent that it can only be the culprit responsible for the fantastic number of cavities plaguing our nation, especially the children. Early theories implicating sugar are still up held today. Diets completely devoid of such carbohydrates are incapable of producing caries . . . An excessive consumption of sugar and concentrated sweets is the most prominent dietary feature associated with a high caries prevalence.
Soft carbohydrates are much harder to brush away than crunchy vegetables and good meat.
Dolomite and bone meal can give you the minerals you need. Avoid milk which more and more seems to be a prime cause of the soft teeth with which many of today's youngsters are afflicted. The dentist of tomorrow, hopefully, will know enough about magnesium to recommend it to us as a decay-preventive measure. This is a real tragedy, because of the mineral's great importance to the human physiology. This is only a beginning.