Nursing bottle caries: characteristics of children at risk

Nursing bottle caries is a pattern of extensive decay in newly erupted maxillary incisors. We examined nutritional, demographic, and behavioral characteristics of children with this condition and age/sex-matched controls, generating a profile of factors associated with increased risk for the develop...

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Published in:Clinical pediatrics 1989-03, Vol.28 (3), p.129-131
Main Authors: Marino, R.V, Bomze, K, Scholl, T.O, Anhalt, H
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ALIMENTACION
ALIMENTACION INFANTIL
ALIMENTATION
ALIMENTATION DU NOURRISSON
Biological and medical sciences
Bottle Feeding - adverse effects
CARIE DENTAIRE
CARIES DENTAL
Child, Preschool
Dental Caries - etiology
Facial bones, jaws, teeth, parodontium: diseases, semeiology
Female
FLUORURE
FLUORUROS
Humans
Infant
Male
Medical sciences
Non tumoral diseases
Otorhinolaryngology. Stomatology
RIESGO
Risk Factors
RISQUE
Socioeconomic Factors
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tooth, Deciduous - pathology
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Summary:Nursing bottle caries is a pattern of extensive decay in newly erupted maxillary incisors. We examined nutritional, demographic, and behavioral characteristics of children with this condition and age/sex-matched controls, generating a profile of factors associated with increased risk for the development of this disease. Parents of 24 consecutive bottle caries patients seen in a private pediatric dental office completed a questionnaire. Controls were children receiving routine primary pediatric health services at a university based clinical office. Children with bottle caries were more likely to be living in a single parent household (p = 0.005). A higher incidence of sleep difficulties and strong temper also was reported (p = 0.05). Cases were more likely to take the bottle to bed and, to an older age than controls. They received less professional advice regarding weaning as well as less fluoride supplementation (p = 0.025). Clinical recognition of this profile may foster provision of specific anticipatory guidance resulting in primary prevention of this condition
ISSN:0009-9228
1938-2707
DOI:10.1177/000992288902800305