title: Early childhood caries: etiology, risk assessment, and prevention.
authors.affiliation: Metropolitan Pediatric Dental Associates, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA.
authors.forename: P R
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Erickson
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Nickman
mesh_terms: D001903:Bottle Feeding / Q000009:adverse effects; D002326:Cariogenic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D019422:Dietary Sucrose / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D015995:Prevalence; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D002326:Cariogenic Agents; D019422:Dietary Sucrose