title: Ready-to-eat cereals and dental caries in children: a three-year study.
abstract: In a three-year study of 145 adolescent males in a boarding school in Wisconsin, there were no statistically significant differences in dental caries experience between a group consuming phosphates added to pre-sweetened and non-presweetened ready-to-eat cereals, and the control group, or between cereal eaters and non-cereal eaters.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D004245:DMF Index; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D004032:Diet; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D002523:Edible Grain; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010710:Phosphates / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D010710:Phosphates