THANK you for your front page article on Tuesday, March 29 entitled "Stop the Rot."

At last, a report confirming what we have all realised for years, that dental decay is caused by sugary foods, sweets and rinks, poor diets and insufficient cleaning and dental hygiene.

Thank goodness the old red herring to add fluoride to the water supply did not raise its ugly head! Let's hope this is never a consideration now that the true facts are known.

A very good article by David Higgerson, I hope people will now take note.

STUART JACKSON, Whalley Road, Blackburn.