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Sorry, my bad. When I wrote it, I realized it might imply I'm doing something special.

I'm just doing the good oral care practices and it's working. My kid is going through dentists visits with flying colors. Not to jinx it.

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Xylitol can inhibit multispecies biolfilms [1]. Colonization, from what I understand, is critical in the first year of life and as teeth erupt. Some people have bad teeth and good teeth regardless of their hygiene practices because of early colonization. Artificial sweeteners other than xylitol generally supply energy to undesirable bacteria.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19178100/

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