title: Eating patterns, diet and dental caries.
abstract: There is new evidence showing that excessive sugar consumption increases the risk of caries, even if the correlation between sugar intake and dental health has weakened due to exposure to fluoride. Moreover, there are still patient groups whose fluoride exposure seems to be insufficient to tolerate the generally increased level of sugar intake.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Patients with high caries risk and/or insufficient fluoride exposure need personal advice and recommendations related to the use of sugars, sweets, sweet juices and soft drinks, even today. Patients with increased risk of obesity may also benefit from dietary recommendations conducted by dental professionals.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatric Dentistry, Institute of Dentistry, University of Turku, Lemminkäsenkatu 2, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland.
authors.forename: Sára
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Karjalainen
mesh_terms: D002327:Cariostatic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000209:etiology*; D015930:Diet Records; D004037:Diet, Cariogenic; D004327:Drinking Behavior; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005459:Fluorides / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D013395:Sucrose / Q000009:adverse effects*
chemical_list: D002327:Cariostatic Agents; D013395:Sucrose; D005459:Fluorides