As far as I know America has fluoridated water. I too had a sweet tooth as a child and young adult. Uncle Sam pulled several of my teeth when I was in the US ARMY and I was fortunate to have jobs with dental insurance. Being that root canals are not fun and knowing that both my parents lost all their teeth is incentive to brush several times a day and go for those twice a year cleanings. I have had root canals and crowns in the past which my current dental insurance doesn’t cover I must protect my teeth and not make the dentist rich.