Xylitol Helps to Prevent Dental Caries Daily

Oral health is an important part of whole-body health, and the World Health Organization has listed oral health as one of the top ten criteria for human health, because oral health is closely related to whole-body health, and infections and inflammatory factors in the oral cavity can cause or exacerbate chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

Xylitol is now widely used in food, medicine, and other fields. According to a study by Finnish scientists, prolonged retention of xylitol in the mouth for two years is effective in preventing dental caries. Therefore, xylitol tablets and gummies are actively arranged in Finnish student diets. The Finnish National Association of Dentists also actively recommends the consumption of xylitol foods. As a result of years of efforts, about 70% of 5-year-old children in Finland are free from dental caries.

In the last 20 years, clinical experimental studies on xylitol have shown that the effectiveness of reducing the incidence of dental caries with xylitol is 82%. The mechanism of caries prevention is.

Firstly, xylitol is not used by the fermentation of Streptococcus mutans in the mouth, which inhibits the ecological environment and bacterial growth of S mutans and prevents it from using the energy in food to reproduce and produce harmful acids, thus preventing the dissolution of calcium and phosphorus salts from the enamel of teeth, which causes "acid erosion".

Secondly, it stimulates the secretion and flow of protective saliva, slowing down the pH drop; reducing acid erosion of the teeth, whereas the effect of sucrose in promoting saliva secretion is not sufficient to counteract the effect of harmful acid production due to streptococcal mutants.

Furthermore, xylitol increases the alkaline concentration in saliva and at various spots, and the increase in pH allows the re-precipitation of calcium salts in the enamel, re-hardening the teeth and thus repairing the enamel damage.

A healthy body starts with a healthy mouth, and a healthy mouth starts with xylitol.