The dental hygenist at my dentist's office commented that less sugar = less plaque, simple as that. She started the conversation by commenting that she could tell I had a good diet by the consistancy of my saliva, which is watery. She said that people who consume alot of sugar/refined/simple carbohydrates tend to have "ropey" (gooey) saliva. I told her that I try not to eat sugar, bread, pasta, or refined rice and she told me that was the reason I had so little tartar build up. Scaling, for the first time, was a breeze!

This makes sense to me.

Janice