Abstract
The effect of ingesting boiled sweets (candies) supplemented with 3% dicalcium phosphate dihydrate on dental plaque composition was investigated in five separate studies. Regular exposure to the experimental sweets during the first 48 h of plaque formation was associated with higher calcium and inorganic phosphorus concentrations in plaque than similar exposure to the control sweets. However, no differences were apparent when ‘mature’ plaque from subjects consuming either experimental or control sweets for a period of 1 year was investigated. The effect on plaque composition of a single exposure to the experimental sweet was not significantly different from that of exposure to the control sweet in either 2-day plaque of young adults or ‘mature’ plaque of children.
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