Jan, The news article at the web site: http://www.abcnews.com/sections/living/teeth1021/index.html has a paragraph which states: "An animal study in last month's Journal of the American Dental Association indicated that 2 percent milk posed the lowest dental decay risk. Infant formulas were somewhat higher, but still dramatically lower than any drink containing sucrose. " Not much info to go on, but it does suggest study (on animals?) results recently published in September's Journal of the American Dental Association. Dena