DENTAL ASPECTS OF THE USE OF SWEETENERS

One of the chief advantages of alternative sweeteners replacing sugars in foods and drinks is the potential benefit to dental health. Intere st formerly focused on the use of intense sweeteners mostly in drinks, but with recent improvements in the range and properties of bulk swee teners that can be used as substitutes for sugars in solid foods, incr easing attention is now being paid to the re-formulation of confection ery and other potentially cariogenic snack foods. More than 55 publica tions and reviews on developments in this field are cited.