Dietary intake and early childhood caries.
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Authors
- Villegas, Lina María; Villavicencio, Judy; Contreras, Adolfo
- Source
- Revista Estomatología; 2018, Vol. 26 Issue 2, p8-9, 2p
- Subject
- SUGAR in the body
DENTAL caries in children
DENTAL hygiene
DENTAL pathology
TOOTH demineralization
- Language
- ISSN
- 01213873
The authors examine the impact of sugar intake on the prevalence of early childhood caries (ECC) worldwide in 2018. Topics discussed include ECC determinants such as dental hygiene, the prevalence of caries in mothers, and poverty; the role played by dietary sugar in tooth decay; and the sugar intake guidelines implemented by the World Health Organization in 2015.