Effect of a daily dose of snacks containing maltitol or Stevia rebaudiana as sweeteners in high caries risk schoolchildren. A double-blind RCT study

Oral Health and Preventive Dentistry

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2019, Pages 515-522

  Cocco, Fabio ^a   Cagetti, Maria Grazia ^b   Livesu, Roberta ^a   Camoni, Nicole ^b   Pinna, Roberto ^a   Lingström, Peter ^c   Campus, Guglielmo ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASSARI   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Caries; Children; Paediatric dentistry; Snacks; Stevia

Indexed keywords

MALTITOL; MALTOSE; SUGAR ALCOHOL; SWEETENING AGENT;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FAST FOOD; HUMAN; SALIVA; STEVIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; HUMANS; MALTOSE; SALIVA; SNACKS; STEVIA; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; SUGAR ALCOHOLS; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 85076383098     PISSN: 16021622     EISSN: 17579996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3290/j.ohpd.a43329     Document Type: Article

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