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Page: << Prev | 1 | 2 Though they said that more research is needed, the researchers added that xylitol appears to be a cost-effective preventive measure in populations with high rates of tooth decay.
The study appears in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine. The findings were also released in July 2008 at the annual meeting of the International Association for Dental Research in Toronto.
The findings are "encouraging and suggest the addition of this approach to pharmacologic management in public health and individual care settings," Dr. Burton L. Edelstein of the College of Dental Medicine at Columbia University in New York City wrote in an accompanying editorial in the journal. "Xylitol application, like fluoride varnish application, will likely become a routine element of early childhood caries [cavity] control."
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"The finding, however, that early childhood caries prevalence remained at 24 percent to 41 percent among treated children at the close of the trial in a high-caries-experience population reminds us that no single 'silver bullet' is going to solve the problem of early childhood caries," Edelstein added.
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The Academy of General Dentistry has more about children's oral health.
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