Journal article
Comparison of the intakes of sugars by young children with and without dental caries experience
The Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol.138(1), pp.39-46
01/2007
DOI: 10.14219/jada.archive.2007.0019
PMID: 17197400
Abstract
Relationships among sugars and dental caries in contemporary societies are unclear. The authors describe young children's intakes of nonmilk extrinsic (NME) and intrinsic/milk sugars and relate those intakes to dental caries. The authors conducted cross-sectional analyses of dietary data collected from the Iowa Fluoride Study using three-day diaries for subjects at ages 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 years and for subjects aged 1 through 5 years according to dental caries experience at 4.5 to 6.9 years of age. They categorized foods and beverages as containing NME or intrinsic/milk sugars. Subjects' total, NME, food NME and intrinsic/milk sugars intakes at ages studied did not differ between subjects with and without caries experience. Beverage NME sugars intakes at age 3 years predicted caries (P < .05) in logistic regression models adjusted for age at dental examination and for fluoride intake. Dental caries is a complex, multifactorial disease process dependent on the presence of oral bacteria, a fermentable carbohydrate substrate and host enamel. A simple NME-intrinsic/milk sugars categorization appears insufficient to capture the complex dietary component of the caries process. Cariogenicity is more likely a function of the food and/or beverage vehicle delivering the sugar and the nature of exposure—that is, frequency and length of eating events—than of the sugar's categorization.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Comparison of the intakes of sugars by young children with and without dental caries experience
- Creators
- Teresa A MarshallJulie M Eichenberger-GilmoreMichelle A LarsonJohn J WarrenSteven M Levy
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- The Journal of the American Dental Association, Vol.138(1), pp.39-46
- Publisher
- Elsevier Inc
- DOI
- 10.14219/jada.archive.2007.0019
- PMID
- 17197400
- ISSN
- 0002-8177
- eISSN
- 1943-4723
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 01/2007
- Academic Unit
- Preventive and Community Dentistry; Epidemiology
- Record Identifier
- 9983917689202771
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