A new toothpaste ingredient which puts back the lost minerals from tooth enamel, helps prevent decay and treats sensitivity while you sleep is now available.

Tooth decay and sensitivity is estimated to affect 13.5 million people in the UK alone. Toothpastes containing BioMinF are able to slowly release calcium, phosphate and fluoride ions over an 8-12 hour timeframe to form fluorapatite mineral to rebuild, strengthen and protect tooth structure. The slow release of fluoride has been identified to be particularly beneficial in prevention of tooth decay.

Using remineralising toothpaste makes teeth far more resistant to attack from acidic soft drinks like fruit juices and sodas. It is also much more effective than conventional toothpastes where the active ingredients, such as soluble fluoride, are washed away and become ineffective less than two hours after brushing. The technology behind BioMin can also be incorporated in other professionally applied dental products such as cleaning and polishing pastes, varnishes and remineralising filling materials.

The team behind BioMin are in the process of establishing licensing agreements with toothpaste and dental materials manufacturers around the world. A fluoride-free version of BioMin is also being developed for those who do not want or need fluoride toothpaste.

BioMinF toothpaste is available priced £4.99 for a 75 ml tube at dental practices who can obtain the product via dental wholesalers (call Trycare on 01274 881044 or Serve-ice on 01483 751789) or find out more at www.biomin.co.uk.