title: In vitro and intra-oral investigations into the cariogenic potential of human milk.
abstract: The acidogenic and cariogenic potential of plain and supplemented human and bovine milk was determined by pH tests and with intra-oral experiments. Human milk produced a lower pH than bovine milk and bovine milk with a 2% lactose supplement. Human milk caused greater softening of enamel than bovine milk in the intra-oral tests. This could be modified by supplementing with calcium and phosphorus to the levels present in bovine milk.
authors.affiliation: School of Dentistry, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: N P
authors.initials: NP
authors.lastname: Chandler
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000818:Animals; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002326:Cariogenic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D003743:Dental Enamel / Q000187:drug effects*; D006244:Hardness / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008895:Milk, Human / Q000737:chemistry; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D017001:Tooth Demineralization / Q000209:etiology
chemical_list: D002326:Cariogenic Agents