title: [A study of oral colonization of mutans streptococci and feeding habits in infants].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study the correlation of prime colonization time of Mutans Streptococci and feeding habits in infants.
  
  
  METHODS
  One hundred and eighty children (aged 6-24 months) from Shenyang city were examined for the colonization of MS Related items were registered by completed questionnaires.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The study showed a correlation between prime colonization time and feeding mode, breast feeding, feeding frequency during bedtime, asleep habits.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Advocating reasonable feeding mode and asleep habits is effective to interdict or delay MS's colonization and transmission in child to prevent caries.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Stomatology, Children's Hospital of Shenyang, Shenyang 110032, China.
authors.forename: Ling
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tong
authors.forename: Feng-zhen
authors.initials: FZ
authors.lastname: Geng
authors.forename: Shu-jie
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D001903:Bottle Feeding; D001942:Breast Feeding; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000517:prevention & control*; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009055:Mouth / Q000382:microbiology*; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires