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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2007 Mar 16.
Published in final edited form as: Suom Hammaslaakarilehti. 2006 May 15;13(10-11):2–11.

Figure 2.

Figure 2

Mean log10 CFU mutans streptococci/mL in plaque and unstimulated saliva by xylitol dose at 5 wks and at 6 mos. G1 is the condition in which subjects chewed the sorbitol placebo, G2 is the condition in which subjects chewed gums where the total daily dose was 3.44 g of xyliltol, G3 is the condition in which subjects chewed gums where the total daily dose was 6.88 g of xyliltol and G4 is the condition in which subjects chewed gums where the total daily dose was 10.32 g of xylitol. Subjects were randomly assigned to conditions and each person chewed the same number of pellets per day (12) divided into four periods. *Significant-difference group compared with placebo (G1) in least-significant-difference multiple comparisons. Reprinted with permission from J Dent Res 2006;85(2):177–81.