Consumer Reports: No danger in toothpaste sweeteners, Ciancio says

Release Date: July 11, 2006 This content is archived.

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Distinguished Service Professor Sebastian Ciancio, director of the Center for Dental Studies, is quoted in an article in Consumer Reports about his research that has found no danger from ingesting sweeteners in up to four diet sodas a day, let alone the tiny quantities you might swallow in toothpaste, saying "It would take about three months of brushing to get the amount you'd put in just one cup of coffee." Go to article.

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