Research is underway to determine the effectiveness of pacifiers that slowly release xylitol and ereythritol to reduce and/or prevent oral diseases in children. The Turun Yliopisto Institute of Dentistry in Turku, Finland has produced a full-color brochure to explain the concept, testing, and purpose. You may download it here… http://www.med.utu.fi/dent/en/research/researchprojects/publichealth.html.
“Dissolution of Xylitol from a Food Supplement Administered with a Novel Pacifier” tells us that the pacifiers will have a pouch that contains the slow-release supplement. The result of studies to date is “Xylitol released from the food supplement, delivered with the novel pacifier, may result in salivary xylitol concentrations high enough to inhibit mutans stretpcocci in vivo.”