title: Soda Consumption May Increase Risk of Dental Caries in Primary Teeth of Low-income African Americans.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Dental caries development among African American children: results from a 4-year longitudinal study. Lim S, Tellez M, Ismail AI.Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2015;43(3):200-207.
  
  
  METHODS
  Masahiro Heima, DDS, PhD, Peter Milgrom, DDS PURPOSE/QUESTION: The authors conducted a secondary analysis of data from Detroit Dental Health Project to examine associations between new dental caries development and individual-level, family-level, and environmental risk factors over 4 years.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  This research was supported by National Institute on Dental and Craniofacial Research grant number U54DE14261, the Delta Dental Fund of Michigan, and the University of Michigan Office of Vice President for Research
  
  
  METHODS
  Retrospective cohort study
  
  
  METHODS
  Level 2: Limited-quality, patient oriented evidence
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dental Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Ave., Cleveland, OH 44106-4905, USA, Tel.: +1 216 368 1379; fax: +1 216 368 3204. Electronic address: masahiro.heima@case.edu.
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heima
authors.affiliation: Professor, Northwest Center to Reduce Oral Health Disparities, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, 1959 NE Pacific St., Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Milgrom
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male