Effect of erythritol and xylitol on dental caries prevention in children

Caries Research

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 482-490

  Honkala, Sisko ^a   Runnel, Riina ^b   Saag, Mare ^b   Olak, Jana ^b   Nõmmela, Rita ^b   Russak, Silvia ^b   Mäkinen, Pirkko Liisa ^c   Vahlberg, Tero ^d   Falony, Gwen ^e,f   Mäkinen, Kauko ^c   Honkala, Eino ^a,c  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^e Vrije Universiteit Brussel ^*  (United States)

^f VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Clinical trial; Dental decay; Double blind study; Estonia; Intervention study; Sugar alcohol

Indexed keywords

ANTICARIES AGENT; ERYTHRITOL; SORBITOL; SUGAR; XYLITOL;

CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DENTIN; DENTITION; DISEASE COURSE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECTS; ENAMEL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CANDY; CARIOSTATIC AGENTS; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL ENAMEL; DENTIN; DENTITION, MIXED; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DMF INDEX; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ERYTHRITOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SORBITOL; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XYLITOL;

EID: 84900883816     PISSN: 00086568     EISSN: 1421976X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000358399     Document Type: Article

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