METHOD FOR TRANSFORMING CARIOGENIC FOOD SUGARS INTO ACARIOGENIC OR CARIOSTATIC NEUTRAL PRODUCTS AND COMPOSITION THEREFOR

摘要

The invention concerns a method for transforming food sugars, which acts in two ways: directly and indirectly. Said method is characterised in that the main direct action consists in inhibiting glycolysis by transforming the cariogenic polyoses into non-cariogenic polyols (for example, sorbitol); the indirect action consists in the use of products derived from the polyose degradation as substrates by the inventive enzymatic system so as to reinforce prevention of plaque formation, through five mechanisms: stimulating saliva flux with the polyols; reinforcing the saliva antibacterial power by activating the physiological lactoperoxidase/hypothiocyanate system with hydrogen peroxide; decreasing the number and pathogenicity of the bacterial environment stabilising delta -lactones, which are not bacterial substrates for plaque formation; remineralizing the enamel by stabilising the calcium phosphate solution with sorbitol. The invention is applicable to bucco-dental hygiene.