Biomedical subjects
B G Bibby
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Snack food intake of adolescents and caries development.
The relationship between the frequency of eating various snack foods, socioeconomic variables, and an increment in caries was studied in 143 adolescents. There were negative correlations between DMFT increments and the frequency of apples, fruit juice, and sugarless gum intake, and a positive association of DMFT increments with chocolate candy intake and spending money.
Must we stick with sugar? A review of possible alternatives.
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The effect of oral physiotherapy on dilantin gingival hyperplasia.
Gingival hyperplasia was studied in 13 boys with epilepsy living in a state hospital. Boys were selected on the basis of having gingival hyperplasia, having all teeth between cuspids (upper and lower), having no occlusal abnormality and being cooperative. After gingivectomy, regrowth of gingiva was compared around lateral incisors on one side of the mouth having operator-assisted oral hygiene with that around lateral incisors on the other side of the mouth without operator-assisted oral hygiene. Regrowth of tissue was documented by precise photogrammetry. Oral hygiene, gingival inflammation and crevicular fluid were monitored. Less inflammation, less crevicular fluid and less regrowth of gingival tissues occurred around teeth subjected to good oral hygiene. Precise periodic photographic documentation of the clinical status of patients during studies such as this is considered very valuable.
Fluorine and titanium and the organic material of dental enamel.
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The cariogenicity of snack foods and confections.
A survey of the relationship between caries prevalence and the consumption of sugar and other foods by man has been interpreted to show that snack foods share importance with sucrose in caries causation. Support for this conclusion is found in animal experiments and some in vitro and in vivo tests.
Acid production in plaques after eating snacks: modifying factors in foods.
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Enamel demineralization by snack foods.
The amount of enamel destroyed by salivary fermentation of snack foods and confections was not dependent on their sugar content; starch, flavoring agents, and other components also played a part. Most enamel destruction was produced by fruit-flavored candies in which the inherent acid or high sugar concentration or both inhibited bacterial fermentation.
Production of plaques and initiation of caries in vitro.
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Preliminary report on effect of topical applications of titanium tetrafluoride on dental caries.
An annual, one-minute application of a 1% solution of titanium tetrafluoride to the teeth on one side of the mouth of each of 110 children offered greater protection against caries after three years than was given to teeth on the other side of the mouth treated with a four-minute application of acid phosphate fluoride.