MORPHOLOGICAL SURVEY OF EXPERIMENTALLY PRODUCED HUMAN DENTAL PLAQUE AFTER EXPOSURE TO A SUBSTITUTION SWEETNER, 70% COUPLING SUGAR C

Abstract

After treatment with a substitution sweetener, Coupling sugar C, made in Japan, and a conventional sweetner, sucrose, the dental plaque formed on removable enamel slabs which had been placed on a device placed in the human oral cavity was subjected to the morphological survey by transmission electronmicroscopy. The deep layer of dental plaque formed on the 6th day after starting the treatment was used. There was no appreciable morphological difference in the dental plaque on the enamel slabs between 70% C-S. C treatment and 70 % sucrose treatment.