Dental Caries in Children One to Six Years of Age as Related to Socioeconomic Level, Food Habits, and Toothbrushing

Tooth cleaning frequency in relation to socio-demographic variables and personal hygiene measures among school children of Udaipur district, India

“…Although it is accepted that higher level of awareness of personal appearance in girls results in more of them brushing their teeth more than once a day, it was observed that greater percentage of males cleaned their teeth twice in comparison with females. This is in contrary to the previous studies (14)(15)(16) where the frequency of children who brushed more than twice a day was higher in girls than the boys. Older subjects were more likely to clean their teeth more than twice than their younger counterparts in agreement with the study among adolescents from Finland (16).…”

“…This is in contrary to the previous studies (14)(15)(16) where the frequency of children who brushed more than twice a day was higher in girls than the boys. Older subjects were more likely to clean their teeth more than twice than their younger counterparts in agreement with the study among adolescents from Finland (16).…”

“…Older subjects were more likely to clean their teeth more than twice than their younger counterparts in agreement with the study among adolescents from Finland (16).…”

Extrinsic and Intrinsic Sugars: A Review of Recent UK Recommendations on Diet and Caries

“…Human dietary surveys have revealed, if anything, negative correlations between caries prevalence or inci dence and dietary intakes of fresh fruits [Savara and Suher, 1955;Martinsson, 1972;Clancy et al, 1977;KleemolaKujala and Rasanen, 1979;Rugg-Gunn et al, 1984], and that administration of apples for eating after meals leads to somewhat lower caries development [Slack and Martin, 1958: Averill and Averill, 1968, Bibby, 1983. These obser vations suggest that fresh fruits do not contribute signif icantly to the cariogenic load, although they do not pro vide direct evidence of their cariogenicity, since life-styles which include relatively high intakes of fresh fruit may be exceptional in a number of other dietary variables which affect caries.…”

Epidemiological and Clinical Dental Findings in Relation to Intake of Carbohydrates

“…On the other hand, surveys using individual questionnaires failed to reveal such a strong relationship (ZrrA et al 1956, Mansbridge 1960. In other studies, it was not even possible to find any difference in attack rates between children whose dietary reports indicated consumption of small or large amounts of sweets (Savara and Suher 1955, Lauterstein and M assler 1961, M cH ugh et al 1964). This failure may be explained in many ways: cariogenic potential of carbohydrate foods not included in the questionnaire; inaccurate answers by parents and children; or changes in dietary habits prior to the investigation.…”