Download Tooth-friendly drinks challenge: Introduction

Healthy Drinks and
Tasty Toothpaste
Primary Science Enhancement Project
What is industry?
Where things are made.
Jobs in Industry
Administration Officer
Communications Officer
Personnel Manager
Resources Manager
Health and Safety Officer
What do you know about teeth?
Most babies are born with no teeth showing
(the teeth are forming inside the gums).
When the baby is around 6
months to a year old, the milk
teeth will grow.
There will be 20 milk teeth.
Milk teeth fall out when a child is aged
between from about 6 to 14 years old.
These are replaced by 32 Permanent teeth
(also called the adult teeth).
What Causes Tooth Decay?
Everyone has bacteria in their mouth.
Bacteria and bits of food build up to
form a thin layer called plaque.
If you eat sugary food, the bacteria in
plaque will feed on the sugar.
When bacteria feed on sugar they make acid.
Acid in the plaque causes your teeth to decay
and then gums become diseased.
It can look like this . . . . . .
Or worse………
Tooth decay warning
over soft drinks
Some drinks
companies are
making juice drinks
that are pretending to
be healthy, but are
damaging the teeth
and gums of children.
Some of the UK’s most
popular brands of juice
drink contain more sugar
than cola. This is causing
damage to children’s teeth!
Some “healthy”
drinks tested had
no real fruit juice,
others had so much
hidden sugar they
were causing tooth
decay in young
children.
We at Sparkle Toothpaste Company have been asked by Bubble
Drinks Ltd to make a toothpaste ideal for cleaning teeth after a sugary
drink. They want to keep their drinks tasty and sweet without rotting
people's teeth.
We need you to:
1. Find out how sugary drinks can damage teeth.
2. Investigate which drinks are the most likely to cause tooth
decay.
We look forward to hearing from you with your results.
Mike Simmonds
Research Manager
Our Question is:
Which drinks are harmful to
our teeth?
How will we investigate this?