An investigation of the effects of maltose and sucrose in the diet on the microbiology of dental plaque in man.

Abstract

In a double-blind cross-over study, 24 dental students consumed 150 g of sucrose or maltose a day in various foods. After 15 days, plaque samples were collected from the distal surface of upper right first premolars; post-diet samples were collected four months later. The median total anaerobic count of plaque exposed to sucrose was significantly lower compared with maltose samples (p less than 0.05). Glucan-producing organisms per 100 anaerobes in the sucrose samples compared with the maltose (p less than 0.05). Streptococcus sanguis and Streptococcus mitior were the most frequently-isolated streptococci.

• Authors: A Skinner, A Woods
• Journal: Archives of oral biology (Arch Oral Biol) Vol. 29 Issue 4 Pg. 323-6 ( 1984) ISSN: 0003-9969 [Print] England
• PMID: 6586127 (Publication Type: Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Dietary Carbohydrates
• Sucrose
• Maltose

Topics

• Adult
• Bacteria, Aerobic (drug effects, isolation & purification)
• Bacteria, Anaerobic (drug effects, isolation & purification)
• Bicuspid
• Dental Plaque (microbiology)
• Dietary Carbohydrates (pharmacology)
• Double-Blind Method
• Female
• Humans
• Male
• Maltose (pharmacology)
• Streptococcus (isolation & purification)
• Sucrose (pharmacology)