Xylitol Use during Pregnancy and Lactation to Prevent Early Childhood Caries
Reem Mahmoud Abdel-Kader Awad;
Abstract
Early childhood caries (ECC) is one of the most common dental conditions found in young children. Early childhood caris is defined as “the presence of one or more decayed (non-cavitated or cavitated lesions), missing teeth (due to caries), or filled tooth surfaces in any primary tooth in a child 72 months’ age or younger.
Early childhood caries is multi-factorial and has biological, social and behavioral determinants. It was suggested that the biological determinants are the four key causal factors for dental caries which are:
1. Microorganisms mainly Streptococcus Mutans (SM),
2. Substrate (fermentable carbohydrates with sugars),
3. Host (teeth) over
4. Time.
Earlier clinical studies reported that SM could not be detected in the
Early childhood caries is multi-factorial and has biological, social and behavioral determinants. It was suggested that the biological determinants are the four key causal factors for dental caries which are:
1. Microorganisms mainly Streptococcus Mutans (SM),
2. Substrate (fermentable carbohydrates with sugars),
3. Host (teeth) over
4. Time.
Earlier clinical studies reported that SM could not be detected in the
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| Title | Xylitol Use during Pregnancy and Lactation to Prevent Early Childhood Caries | Other Titles | استخدام الإكسيليتول أثناء الحمل والرضاعة لمنع تسوس الطفولة المبكرة | Authors | Reem Mahmoud Abdel-Kader Awad | Issue Date | 2017 |
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