Comparative effects of the substance-sweeteners glucose, sorbitol, sucrose, xylitol and trichlorosucrose on lowering of pH by two oral Streptococcus mutans strains in vitro.

Drucker, David B. and Verran, Joanna (1979) Comparative effects of the substance-sweeteners glucose, sorbitol, sucrose, xylitol and trichlorosucrose on lowering of pH by two oral Streptococcus mutans strains in vitro. Archives of oral biology, 24 (12). pp. 965-70. ISSN 0003-9969

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Abstract

Streptococcus mutans suspensions were incubated with each of the sweeteners in suspending media of increasing complexity. The lower pH levels were generally attained by sucrose and glucose; higher pH values were obtained with sorbitol, trichlorosucrose, and xylitol, respectively. The acidogenicity of sucrose was more often decreased by the presence of trichlorosucrose than by the presence of xylitol.