Abstract
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of the sugar substitutes on the early dental plaque formation in man. Sugar substitutes used in this study were sorbose, xylitol and coupling sugar. Ten dental students participated as volunteers and rinsed with a 10% solution of these sugar substitues, sucrose and distilled water three times a day for 30 seconds each time. The trial was of double-blind cross-over design. Before the beginning of each test period, a thorough oral prophylaxis to remove completely all the plaque and calculus was carried out. The subjects were then instructed to refrain from oral hygiene procedure for 3 days. The dental plaque accumulated on the upper anterior teeth during each test period was evaluated clinically and microbiologically.The results obtained were as follows:1. Plaque accumulation was prevented more effectively on the teeth rinsed with coupling sugar, but the differences with the other substitutes were not significant.2. The significant differences in the number of microbial colonies from the plaque samples could not be found among the sugar substitutes, sucrose and distilled water.
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