Design Randomised controlled trail using a health-centre population in Finland. Outcome measure Mutans streptococcus levels in plaque and saliva. Results Loss to follow-up was 19% at 3 years and 25% ...

June 2, 2011 (San Diego, California) — Mothers can significantly reduce caries in their babies by wiping their mouths with wipes impregnated with xylitol, even though the wipes do not kill the ...

Chewing xylitol gum may serve as a helpful addition to toothbrushing by reducing plaque and decreasing the risk of caries-associated Streptococcus mutans, according to a review recently published in ...

Cargill, an international producer of food, agricultural, financial, and industrial products and services, is poised to step into the global oral health market with a noncaloric sweetener that the ...

Much of the interest in xylitol stems from its use in dentistry for prophylaxis against decay. The administration of xylitol in chewing gum and oral pastilles to schoolchildren in Finland has been the ...

Doubt was cast on the natural sweetener’s anti-caries effect last year when a Cochraine review declared there was little evidence. The review included data from over 5,900 subjects using xylitol-based ...

> > question: My niece is seven. She recently had two fillings and is constantly getting ear infections. I’ve heard that xylitol may help her, but isn’t this an artificial sweetener? > > answer: I don ...