Six months of high-dose xylitol in high-risk caries subjects-a 2-year randomised, clinical trial

Clinical Oral Investigations

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 785-791

  Campus, Guglielmo ^a,b   Cagetti, Maria Grazia ^b   Sale, Silvana ^a,b   Petruzzi, Massimo ^a,c   Solinas, Giuliana ^a   Strohmenger, Laura ^b   Lingström, Peter ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caries; Chewing gum; Randomised, controlled, clinical trial; School based; Xylitol

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884211417     PISSN: 14326981     EISSN: 14363771     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00784-012-0774-5     Document Type: Article

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