The aim of the study was to investigate whether, in a school-based setting in a low caries prevalence population xylitol/maltitol or erythritol/maltitol conferred any additional caries preventive effect. Xylitol is a non-fermentable sugar alcohol Erythritol is a noncaloric tetritol (tetrahydroxy alcohols) with about 70% of the sweetness of sucrose. Maltitol is generally considered an inert [read the full story…]