About this episode

This episode discusses the benefits of xylitol as a sugar substitute for dental health.

We often recommend our patients who at high risk of caries to use xylitol. Xylitol is great, it has almost no calories, the bacteria in our mouth cannot process it and therefore helps lower the risk of caries, it can help with saliva too. Learn more about the magic of xylitol. With Claire Jeong, MS, RDH @StudentRDH and Dana Paladino, MS, RDH @Dentalhygienebasics #1 dental hygiene boards review: 🇺🇸 StudentRDH.com 🇨🇦 StudentRDH.ca

People in this episode

Host: Claire Jeong, MS, RDH

Guest: Dana Paladino, MS, RDH

Topics covered

• xylitol
• sugar substitutes
• dental health
• caries prevention
• saliva production

Keywords

• xylitol
• sugar substitute
• dental hygiene
• caries
• saliva

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: StudentRDH, Dentalhygienebasics

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