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KMID : 0988420020140010072
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Journal of Dental Science (C.N.U.)
2002 Volume.14 No. 1 p.72 ~ p.79
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The Effect of Xylitol and Carbohydrates on Streptococcus mutans
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Abstract
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Xylitol is a 5-carbons carbohydrate, which can be replacedwith sucrose for preventing caries. The replication of Streptococcus mutans and its formation of artificial plaque were studied in the media containing xylitol. The combined effect of xylitol and other carbohydrates on Streptococcus mutans wasalso studied.
The replication of Streptococcus mutans was inhibited according to the increased concentration of xylitol.Streptococcus mutans replicated at the initial stage ofincubation in the media containing glucose. fructose of loctose, while replicating from the beginning of incubation in the media containing fructose as combining with xylitol. The formation of artificial plaque by Streptococcus mutans was significantly reduced in the media containing with xylitol and fructose.
These results indicated that the replication of Streptococcus mutans was inhibited according to the increased concentration of xylitol, and the formation fo artificial plaque by Streptococcus mutans was significantly inhibited in the media containing xylitol and fructose.
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