Graph showing Cavistat's® effectiveness neutralizing
harmful acids
Candy That's Good for Your Teeth
A new technology that
was developed at Stony Brook University’s
School of Dental Medicine can be used to replace sugar in candy, chewing
gum, and other treats that traditionally promote cavities and actually
helps prevent tooth decay. The technology, known as CaviStat®,
was proven significantly more effective than fluoride in a two-year
toothpaste study recently published in the quarterly Journal
of Clinical Dentistry (Volume 16, Number 3). CaviStat® was designed to mimic
and integrate the powerful anti-acid, buffering and re-mineralizing
benefits of saliva. CaviStat® was developed, clinically tested,
and patented by researchers in the Department of Oral Biology and Pathology
at Stony Brook University. "CaviStat® can be considered to
be a super-saliva complex that picks up where fluoride has left off," said
Dr. Israel Kleinberg, the lead researcher and Founding Chair of the
Department of Oral Biology and Pathology. "By mimicking the profound
benefits of saliva we are able to attack all stages of the tooth decay
process at the same time."
The Center for Biotechnology at Stony Brook and Ortek Therapeutics
Inc. of Roslyn Heights, NY, have awarded grants to Dr. Kleinberg totaling
$80,000 to further develop a new cavity fighting candy which incorporates
the CaviStat technology. Mitch Goldberg, President of Ortek, said the
company will launch its first Cavitat® candy, BasicMints™,
in the coming year.