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Oral health, sociodemographic factors, dietary and oral hygiene practices in Jordanian children
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Dental plaque and prolonged breast feeding exerted an independent effect on caries severity and gingivitis, and health promotion strategies need to be targeted to mothers from less advantaged backgrounds.About:
This article is published in Journal of Dentistry.The article was published on 2005-05-01. It has received 93 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Oral hygiene & Breast feeding.read more
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Breastfeeding and the risk of dental caries: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Rachel Tham,Gayan Bowatte,Shyamali C. Dharmage,Shyamali C. Dharmage,Daniel J Tan,Daniel J Tan,Melisa Y. Z. Lau,Xiaochen Dai,Katrina J. Allen,Katrina J. Allen,Caroline J Lodge,Caroline J Lodge +11 more
TL;DR: The current evidence for the associations between breastfeeding and dental caries, with respect to specific windows of early childhood caries risk, is synthesised.
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Association Between Infant Breastfeeding and Early Childhood Caries in the United States
TL;DR: Data provide no evidence to suggest that breastfeeding or its duration are independent risk factors for early childhood caries, severe early childhoodCaries, or decayed and filled surfaces on primary teeth surfaces, which highlights the need to target poor and Mexican American children and those whose mothers smoke for early preventive dental visits.
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Is Sugar Consumption Detrimental to Health? A Review of the Evidence 1995-2006
TL;DR: Overall, the available evidence did not support a single quantitative sugar guideline covering all health issues, and combinations of sugar amount/frequency, fluoride exposure, and food adhesiveness were more reliable predictors of caries risk than the amount of sugar alone.
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Feeding habits as determinants of early childhood caries in a population where prolonged breastfeeding is the norm
TL;DR: On account of its association with ECC, milk-bottle feeding at night should be limited, whereas prolonged breastfeeding appears to have no such negative dental consequences.
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The Effect of Prolonged and Exclusive Breast-Feeding on Dental Caries in Early School-Age Children
Michael S. Kramer,Irina Vanilovich,Lidia Matush,Natalia Bogdanovich,X. Zhang,Gyorgy Shishko,M. Muller-Bolla,Robert W. Platt +7 more
TL;DR: The results, based on the largest randomized trial ever conducted in the area of human lactation, provide no evidence of beneficial or harmful effects of prolonged and exclusive breast-feeding on dental caries at early school age.
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