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Enamel Demineralization Potential of Dietary Carbohydrates

Forsyth Dental Center, 140 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

A. Tehrani

Forsyth Dental Center, 140 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

F. Attarzadeh

Forsyth Dental Center, 140 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

J. Van Houte

Forsyth Dental Center, 140 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

J. Russo

Forsyth Dental Center, 140 The Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts 02115

Mouthrinses with 5% solutions of different sugars were tested for their demineralizing effect on blocks of bovine enamel covered with a layer of S. mutans cells and carried in a palatal prosthesis. The extent of demineralization, as measured by the permeability of the enamel to iodide, was similar for fructose, glucose, and sucrose, less for maltose and lactose, and least for galactose.

Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 62, No. 12, 1218-1220 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345830620120901


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