Effect of xylitol-containing chewing gums on interdental plaque-pH in habitual xylitol consumers

Acta Odontologica Scandinavica

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 233-238

  Lif Holgerson, Pernilla ^a   Stecksén Blicks, Christina ^a   Sjöström, Inger ^a   Twetman, Svante ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Chewing gums; Mutans streptococci; Plaque pH; Xylitol

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN; SUCROSE; XYLITOL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COUNT; CHEWING GUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; DENTAL CARIES; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PH MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SALIVATION; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; TOOTH PLAQUE;

ADOLESCENT; AREA UNDER CURVE; CARIOGENIC AGENTS; CHEWING GUM; CHILD; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DENTAL PLAQUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; SALIVA; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS SOBRINUS; SUCROSE; SWEETENING AGENTS; XYLITOL;

EID: 23044453835     PISSN: 00016357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016350510019883     Document Type: Article

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