Adults

Pregnant women will benefit from eating Xylitol to keep their own teeth healthy especially during the last trimester of pregnancy.

A new mother was unhappy to find that she needed many fillings after a lifetime of perfect teeth. She had spent her pregnancy drinking orange juice and fruited herbal teas, often during sleepless or sleep-interrupted nights. She didn’t realize that the high acid content of those drinks was harmful to her teeth.

Protect your teeth at all times: Eat Xylitol mints or gum after any drink or snack to protect your teeth (especially before sleeping).

Make informed food and drink choices: Eating foods containing calcium (cheese, yogurt and peanut butter) will help minimize acid damage. Choose beverages such as unsweetened iced tea and water more often. Black and Green tea may offer dental protection. (Adding lemon to the tea will unfortunately make it acidic).

Xylitol is a natural choice for athletes and anyone who wants to take care of their teeth.

Unfortunately athletes are at higher risk for cavities and dental damage because they consume acidic drinks frequently, eat carbohydrates often and spend hours dehydrated and breathing through a dry acidic mouth. Each of these is a risk factor for tooth decay and gum disease: fortunately Xylitol can help.

A dry mouth caused by mouth breathing (as you run, bike or exercise) promotes growth of harmful germs which damage your teeth. Xylitol will make your mouth an inhospitable place for these dangerous germs.

Carbohydrates feed tooth-damaging germs and give them energy, but Xylitol can affect their adhesive properties and make germs “fall off” teeth. Enjoy Xylitol Mints or Gum after your carbohydrate snacks and let Xylitol clean your teeth!

Exercising or sleeping without cleaning your teeth leaves them at risk. Eat Xylitol gum or mints before and during exercise, before napping and whenever you need to clean or protect your teeth.

Saliva flow is very important to protect teeth. Dehydration reduces natural saliva protection for teeth and mouth breathing will make this worse. Sports drinks, fruited herbal teas and juices (like orange juice) contain citric acid and in a dry mouth will cause great damage.

Eating Xylitol gum or mints stimulates saliva flow and also makes the mouth acid-neutral (pH 7.0) Eating Xylitol after sports drinks and sodas, will help protect your teeth from damage (remember that diet soda has a pH 2.2).

For People Afraid of The Dentist visit... Xylitol provides an easy way to protect your teeth and help you avoid dental treatments.

Acidic foods or drinks damage teeth; causing cavities and gum disease. Xylitol protects teeth. Eat a few mints or gum after every meal, snack or drink.

Xylitol can control plaque and lessen the need for dental visits.

If you have early gum disease or cavities, there is a chance these problems can be reversed (yes, repaired) by you, at home! If you have advanced gum disease and large cavities, regular use of Xylitol can stop things from getting worse.