An Assessment of the Cariogenicity of Commonly Used Infant Milk Formulae Using Microbiological and Biochemical Methods

Table 3

Computations of pH variations in plaque on day 22.

Infant milk formula	Prefeed pH	Minimum pH	pH at the end of one hour	Maximum pH drop	pH drop at the end of one hour	Average time taken to reach minimum pH (Mins)
Dexolac 2	6.66 ± 0.39	5.9 ± 0.5	6.1 ± 0.4	0.76	0.56	2
Lactodex 2	6.56± 0.52	5.54 ± 0.71	5.86 ± 0.56	1.02	0.7	2
Lactogen 3	6.54± 0.61	5.46 ± 0.56	5.99 ± 0.58	1.08	0.55	2