Cariogenic feeding habits and fluoride supplementation during infancy and early childhood.
Can J Public Health
; 84(2): 90-3, 1993.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-8334615
ABSTRACT
Parents of 240 children between nine months and three years of age were interviewed using a questionnaire in order to determine cariogenic feeding habits and fluoride supplementation. Mean age of weaning from the bottle was 14.6 months. After 18 months of age, children from minority ethnic groups were more frequently bottle-fed than French-Canadian children (p < .005). Giving a bottle in bed (34.6% of cases) was more often practised by less educated mothers (p = .007) or by minority ethnic groups (p = .002), and was seen as a cariogenic factor by 31% of parents. Fluoride was given in half of cases, mainly by highly educated mothers (p = .001) and was mentioned as a preventive measure by 27% of parents. Physicians should be aware of poor parental knowledge and practices of preventive dentistry, and must discuss cariogenic feeding habits and fluoride supplementation during well-baby visits.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Dental Caries
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Feeding Behavior
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Fluorides
Type of study:
Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Child, preschool
/
Humans
/
Infant
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Can J Public Health
Year:
1993
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Canadá