The effect of sodium trimetaphosphate (TMP) as a chewing gum additive on caries increments in children.

Abstract

A three-year study on school-age children using trimetaphosphate as a chewing gum additive produced significant reductions in proximal surface dental caries increments as compared to an non-chewing gum group. The reductions were 23.3% for the TMP sucrose gum group and 47.6% for the TMP nonsugar group as compared to the no-gum group.

• Authors: S B Finn, R A Frew, R Leibowitz, W Morse, L Manson-Hing, J Brunelle
• Journal: Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) (J Am Dent Assoc) Vol. 96 Issue 4 Pg. 651-5 (Apr 1978) ISSN: 0002-8177 [Print] England
• PMID: 273637 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)

Chemical References

• Cariostatic Agents
• Chewing Gum
• Food Additives
• Phosphates
• Polyphosphates
• Sweetening Agents
• Mannitol
• Sorbitol
• Sucrose
• trimetaphosphoric acid

Topics

• Adolescent
• Cariostatic Agents
• Chewing Gum
• Child
• Child, Preschool
• DMF Index
• Dental Caries (etiology)
• Food Additives (pharmacology)
• Humans
• Mannitol (pharmacology)
• Phosphates (pharmacology)
• Polyphosphates
• Sorbitol (pharmacology)
• Sucrose (pharmacology)
• Sweetening Agents (pharmacology)