Dental Caries - a Review

Abstract

ENTAL CARIES IS a disease of the calcified tissues-of the teeth. It is a progressively destructive process initiated by bacterial activity on the outer Int J Food Sci Nutr Downloaded from informahealthcare.com by McMaster University on 12/26/14For personal use only.

Dental caries: Possible sugar substitutes for sucrose†

“…Dietary modification then becomes a practical approach to the control of dental disease through alteration of the oral environment (Berman, 1971;Miller, 1973;Hartles, 1970). Studies with human subjects have shown an association between the incidence of dental caries and sucrose consumption.…”