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  • adjective Of, or relating to cariogenesis.
  • adjective Producing dental caries.

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Examples

  • And the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a non-cariogenic health claim for isomaltulose.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Steve Carper 2007

  • According to Palatinit, the approval of isomaltulose as a non-cariogenic sweetener could lead to new opportunities for product development and specific dental health claims, such as "does not promote tooth decay" or "may reduce the risk of dental caries".

    FDA Approves New Sugar Substitute Steve Carper 2007

  • Non-cariogenic means that it does not promote caries, or tooth decay, because the oral bacteria that digest other sugars like sucrose, lactose, and fructose can't break down isomaltulose's unique molecular form.

    FDA Approves New Sugar Substitute Steve Carper 2007

  • Non-cariogenic means that it does not promote caries, or tooth decay, because the oral bacteria that digest other sugars like sucrose, lactose, and fructose can't break down isomaltulose's unique molecular form.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Steve Carper 2007

  • And the US Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized a non-cariogenic health claim for isomaltulose.

    FDA Approves New Sugar Substitute Steve Carper 2007

  • According to Palatinit, the approval of isomaltulose as a non-cariogenic sweetener could lead to new opportunities for product development and specific dental health claims, such as "does not promote tooth decay" or "may reduce the risk of dental caries".

    Archive 2007-09-01 Steve Carper 2007

  • I know it could be the cariogenic bacteria, but the dentist also said it could have been due to his acid reflux the acids in his frequent vomit and spitting up damaging his teeth.

    Animal Dentistry Dr. Dean Brandon 2008

  • For lactic acid bacteria used in food fermentations, physiological characteristics of acid stability, bile stability, adherence to human intestinal cells, colonization of the human intestinal tract, and antagonism to pathogenic bacteria and cariogenic bacteria (oral health) are all desirable.

    Chapter 4 1992

  • The technology is also useful for the treatment of cariogenic white spot lesions.

    Medgadget Sean Duffy 2010

  • The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry says that frequent consumption of liquids containing fermentable carbohydrates (eg, juice, milk, formula, soda) increases the risk of dental caries due to prolonged contact between sugars in the liquid and cariogenic bacteria on the teeth.

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