title: Relationships between DEF, demographic and behavioral variables among multiracial preschool children.
abstract: In general, the data produced in this study suggest that children's dental health is related to certain practices begun during the infant and preschool years. Specific interventions (e.g., early weaning, parent-assisted toothcleaning, and diets high in milk and low in sugar) will decrease the incidence of caries in children.
authors.affiliation: Fort Worth Public Health Department, TX.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Freeman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Martin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rutenberg
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shirejian
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skarie
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American; D000818:Animals; D001208:Asia / Q000208:ethnology; D001213:Asian; D044383:Black People; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004245:DMF Index; D003729:Dental Care; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000208:ethnology*; D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005006:Ethnicity; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D008892:Milk; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013781:Texas; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous; D044465:White People
chemical_list: D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D013395:Sucrose