title: Assessing the cariogenic potential of some infant formulas, milk and sugar solutions.
abstract: Using a desalivated rat model, the authors found that several commonly used infant formulas had significant cariogenic potential. Sucrose was by far the most cariogenic and cows' milk the least cariogenic of all the products examined. The data show that dental practitioners and other health care professionals should discourage the use of sugar in baby bottles and provide information on which formulas are least likely to induce caries when continuous bottle feeding is unavoidable.
authors.affiliation: Rochester Caries Research Center, Department of Dental Research, University of Rochester, N.Y. 14642, USA.
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Pearson
authors.forename: P L
authors.initials: PL
authors.lastname: Rosalen
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Miguel
authors.forename: A Y
authors.initials: AY
authors.lastname: Shih
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology*; D004037:Diet, Cariogenic; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000009:adverse effects; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007225:Infant Food / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008892:Milk; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D012463:Saliva / Q000502:physiology; D016986:Streptococcus sobrinus / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose