Properties of Whole Saliva and Dental Plaque in Relation to 40-Month Consumption of Chewing Gums Containing Xylitol, Sorbitol or Sucrose

Caries Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 180-188

  Makinen K K ^a   Chen, C Y ^a   Makinen P L ^a   Bennett, C A ^b   Isokangas, P J ^c   Isotupa, K P ^d   Pape, K R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Belize City Hospital   (Belize)

^c Ylivieska Health Center   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

Dental plaque; Lactobobacillus; Saliva; Sialochemistry; Sorbitol; Streptococcus mutans; Sucrose; Xylitol

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; ANILINE DERIVATIVE; ANTICARIES AGENT; BUFFER; LYSOZYME; NITROANILINE; OLIGOPEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASE; PEROXIDASE; SALIVA PROTEIN; SECRETORY IMMUNOGLOBULIN; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SORBITOL; SUCRASE; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENT; THIOCYANATE; THIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; XYLITOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEMISTRY; CHEWING GUM; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LACTOBACILLUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ALPHA-AMYLASE; ANILINE COMPOUNDS; BUFFERS; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHEWING GUM; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; DENTAL PLAQUE INDEX; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A, SECRETORY; LACTOBACILLUS; MURAMIDASE; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PEROXIDASES; SALIVA; SALIVARY PROTEINS; SIALIC ACIDS; SORBITOL; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUCRASE; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; THIOCYANATES; XYLITOL;

EID: 0030345661     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000262157     Document Type: Article

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