Relationships between DEF, demographic and behavioral variables among multiracial preschool children.
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.
Freeman
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Fort Worth Public Health Department, TX.
Martin
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Rutenberg
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Shirejian
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Skarie
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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
D004040:Dietary Carbohydrates; D013395:Sucrose