The caries rate is an important indicator of dental health but also provides a lot of information about dietary habits and the lifestyle of past populations. To understand dietary changes, it is important to observe both the primary location and the severity of caries lesions. In the present study the prevalence, location and severity of caries lesions were recorded on 5,838 teeth of six skelet...

The effects of Orbit sugar-free chewing gum in plaque acid attack neutralisation, food debris removal, and saliva secretion rate stimulation, have already been clinically proven. Sugar alcohols, which have since recently been considered to have a direct impact on bacterial cells, are among the ingredients of this chewing gum. The objective of this study was to gain knowledge of the effects of O...