Taste thresholds, taste preferences, and dental caries in 15-year-olds.
In two groups of 15-year-olds--50 with a high and 50 with a low caries experience--recognition thresholds were determined for sweet, salty, sour, and bitter tastes and preferences for sweet taste, using a full-mouth technique. No statistically significant difference in thresholds could be found between the groups. No correlation between threshold values and preferences for sucrose could be established.
D000293:Adolescent; D002951:Citrates / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D005518:Food Preferences; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011803:Quinine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D012965:Sodium Chloride / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013395:Sucrose / Q000008:administration & dosage; D013649:Taste; D013652:Taste Threshold
D002951:Citrates; D012965:Sodium Chloride; D013395:Sucrose; D011803:Quinine