After seeing a child with dental erosion in a pediatric dental clinic the
fondness and use of sweets were asked.With a questionnaire it became clear
that recently various candy sprays and gels are available to keep a sweet and
fresh taste in the mouth at school. The buffer capacity of a number of sprays
and gels were determined and they were tested in the mouth. The taste
determines the increase in salivary flow rate. The effects of a taste stimulus
on increasing the flow rate and decreasing the pH disappear within 2 until 3
minutes. Concluding: the Candy sprays and particularly the Juicy Drop Pop
belong, from the dental point of view, to children sweets with high risk for
dental caries and erosion. The use of these fluid sweets has to be reduced as
much as possible.