Oral infections: impact on human health, well-being, and health-care costs.

Both caries and periodontal disease, as well as many diseases of the mucous membranes, tongue, and salivary glands, are infectious. If left untreated or inadequately treated, they have profound systemic, as well as local, effects. Maintenance of oral health goes beyond the physiological needs of proper nutritional intake and protection of the oral tissues.

Oral infections: impact on human health, well-being, and health-care costs.

Both caries and periodontal disease as well as many diseases of the mucous membranes, tongue, and salivary glands are infectious. If left untreated or inadequately treated, they have profound systemic as well as local effects. Maintenance of oral health goes beyond the physiological needs of proper nutritional intake and protection of the oral tissues.

Dental considerations in sucralose use.

Sucralose is a new type of non-caloric, high-intensity sweetener recently approved for use by the U.S. FDA.