Untreated dental caries is the most prevalent condition worldwide, affecting 2.4 billion people and 32 percent of the population.
Why?  It’s because we just love those sweet, sticky eats and drinks. It would not be so bad if we immediately rinsed with water to help neutralize the resulting acids, but of course we never do that as we like the taste.
It is estimated that by the age of 10, children today will have consumed more sugar than the entire lifetime intake of their forebears 100 years ago. In the United States these days, 170 liters of soda are now individually consumed per year by those children….