Enamel and dentine demineralization by a combination of starch and sucrose in a biofilm - caries model

• Main Authors: Juliana Nunes BOTELHO (Author), Mario VILLEGAS-SALINAS (Author), Pía TRONCOSO-GAJARDO (Author), Rodrigo Andrés GIACAMAN (Author), Jaime Aparecido CURY (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Sucrose is the most cariogenic dietary carbohydrate and starch is considered non-cariogenic for enamel and moderately cariogenic for dentine. However, the cariogenicity of the combination of starch and sucrose remains unclear. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of this combina...