IF YOU are a Baby Boomer (loosely born in the ‘50s) you will remember those little triangles of milk that were supplied to our state schools – generally left in the sun to ensure “that taste” … or how fluoride was added to the water supply. Both were to improve children’s dental health and specifically to reduce tooth decay.
Well, it didn’t work for me, despite a healthy diet and not too much sugar. By the time I was in my mid 20s I had a mouthful of fillings. They were mainly the upper and lower molars - filled with large amounts of amalgam, which was used back then.