Are sugar substitutes also anticariogenic?

Journal of the American Dental Association

Volumn 139, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2008, Pages

  Zero, Domenick T ^a,b  

^a Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY   (United States)

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EID: 44849102705     PISSN: 00028177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2008.0349     Document Type: Short Survey

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