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Variation in caries prevalence related to combinations of dietary and oral hygiene habits and chewing fluoride tablets in 4-year-old children.
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The study covered 515 children, aged 4 years and 1 month at the time of examination, selected from a total sample of about 1,600 individuals from two limited areas in southern Sweden.Citations
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Diet, nutrition and the prevention of dental diseases
TL;DR: There is convincing evidence, collectively from human intervention studies, epidemiological studies, animal studies and experimental studies, for an association between the amount and frequency of free sugars intake and dental caries.
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Psychosocial and behavioral issues in early childhood caries.
Susan Reisine,Joanna M. Douglass +1 more
TL;DR: Early childhood caries (ECC) as discussed by the authors is a clinical syndrome that occurs in infants and young children with caries and maxillary anterior decay, and it is referred to as nursing caries, nursing bottle syndrome, night bottle mouth, and baby bottle tooth decay.
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Relationship between dietary habits and caries increment assessed over two years in 405 English adolescent school children
TL;DR: Multivariate analyses revealed that this relationship could not be explained by differences in sex, social class, tooth-brushing habits or level of plaque as measured by gingival inflammation, and weight of sugar intake appeared to be more strongly correlated to caries than frequency of intake.
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The relationships between dietary guidelines, sugar intake and caries in primary teeth in low income Brazilian 3-year-olds: a longitudinal study.
C.S. Rodrigues,Aubrey Sheiham +1 more
TL;DR: Sugar intake at nursery and the adoption of guidelines on sugar were associated with lower caries increment in low income nursery schoolchildren.
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Effect of fluoride varnish (Duraphat) in preschool children.
TL;DR: The caries-preventive effect of semiannual applications of a fluoride varnish (Duraphat) was tested for 2 years in 225 3-year-old children and showed an average caries increment of 2.1 surfaces in the test group and 3.7 in the control group.