Open AccessEarly childhood feeding practices and dental caries among Australian preschoolers
Author(s) -
Gemma Devenish,
Syed Aqif Mukhtar,
Andrea Begley,
A. John Spencer,
W. Murray Thomson,
Diep Ha,
Loc Do,
Jane Scott
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
american journal of clinical nutrition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.608
H-Index - 336
eISSN - 1938-3207
pISSN - 0002-9165
DOI - 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa012
Subject(s) - breastfeeding , medicine , early childhood caries , cohort , cohort study , socioeconomic status , demography , confounding , pediatrics , dentistry , population , environmental health , oral health , sociology
Recent reviews have proposed a causal relationship between prolonged breastfeeding and early childhood caries (ECC), but the evidence to date is inconsistent, with few cohort studies and limited investigation of key confounders.
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