Gum chewing: Personally, I am not in favor of chewing gum. There are better ways to keep your teeth healthy. Proper brushing and flossing and a healthy diet is all that is really necessary. The one exception would be to use gum containing xylitol. You can read up on it. Sugar substitutes are used because them impart the same taste as sugar.
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Gum chewing: Chewing gum can. Be important for someone with dry mouth to stimulate salvia. Some of the artificial sugars do taste different than regular sugars and some people cannot tolerate them. That being said the best gum to increase salvia and reduce decay is gum made with xylitol, a natural sugar that , reduces decay causing bacteria.Use about 6 grams of xylitol a day.
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