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1Département de Médecine Dentaire préventive, périodontologie et cariologie, Ecole dentaire de l'Université de Zurich.
Abstract:
Preventive cariology has primarily focused on the protection of teeth with fluorides and on oral hygiene. Another important preventive approach, namely diet modification reducing the frequency of consumption of acid-producing carbohydrates has not yet gained enough attention. It can very well be implemented by making available a wide variety of non- or hypo-acidogenic snacks. This paper presents a model system, the Swiss Sympadent Association, initiated and currently used in Switzerland for developing, testing, labelling and promoting "tooth-friendly" foods that do not give rise to intraplaque acid production. Based on the success of the Association in Switzerland, an international extension of this model is well on its way.
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