Xylitol Clinical Studies for Prevention - Xylitol Snack Foods among Adults Study (Gum 3)

INTERVENTION: Please note that this trial was stopped during the recruitment phase due to reconsideration of power calculations and insufficient resources. An alternative approach to gaining the information was used and the results have been published in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18267030. Interventions: Two group design with positive control. Equivalence study, xylitol Gummy Bears (10.4 g/day) compared to xylitol chewing gum (10.3 g/day). CONDITION: Dental Caries ; Oral Health ; Dental caries PRIMARY OUTCOME: Reduction in mutans streptococci level in plaque SECONDARY OUTCOME: Not provided at time of registration INCLUSION CRITERIA: Adult, male & female, with screening plaque mutans streptococci level greater than 10,000 CFU/ml