A Clinical study conducted in Finland
A Clinical study conducted in Finland revealed that habitual consumption of xylitol by mothers significantly reduces the transmission of mutans streptococci (MS) from mother to child far better than the effects obtained with either fluoride varnish treatments of chlorhexidine. (Influence of Maternal Xylitol Consumption on Acquisition of Mutans Streptococci by Infants, by E. Soderling, P. Isokangas, K. Pienihakkinen, and J. Tenovuo, Journal of Dental Research, Volume 79, No. 3, 2000)