The effect of altering the position of a sugary food in a meal upon plaque pH in human subjects.
Plaque pH in six adult subjects was monitored while they consumed a meal containing three foods. The marked fall in plaque pH caused by drinking sugared coffee was considerably reduced by eating the two non-sugary foods (egg and crisp-bread) before, during, or after the sugared coffee. This favorable action was negated by a pause between the sugary and non-sugary courses.
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001939:Bread; D003069:Coffee; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D004531:Eggs; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008892:Milk; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013997:Time Factors
D003069:Coffee; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D013395:Sucrose