Innovative toothpaste ingredient scheduled to enter US market

The agreement will result in BioMin Technologies supplying BioMin bioactive glass materials which will be used in preventive toothpastes sold exclusively by Dr Collins in the USA.

BioMin bioactive glass materials have been developed by a research team led by Professor Robert Hill at Queen Mary – University of London and were launched in the UK in April 2016.

Dr Collins was founded by Colin Suzman and has become a thriving oral care business in the United States with lines distributed through a variety of channels, including retail stores, online outlets and professional dental offices.

Looking after your teeth is critically important with dental decay being the most prevalent disease worldwide. According to the latest US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, approximately 91 per cent of US adults aged 20-64 had dental caries in permanent teeth with more than a quarter having untreated tooth decay.

Amongst the young tooth decay is also acute with 42 per cent of children aged two to 11 having dental caries in their primary teeth with nearly a quarter going untreated. While among the 12-19 age group, 59 per cent had dental caries in their permanent teeth with one in five having untreated decay.