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Breastfeeding, formula feeding and dental health in low‐fluoride districts in Sweden
Author(s) -
Forsman Britta,
Ericsson Yngve
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1974.tb01786.x
Subject(s) - medicine , breastfeeding , enamel paint , dentistry , fluoride , significant difference , oral health , ingestion , crown (dentistry) , zoology , pediatrics , inorganic chemistry , chemistry , biology
Infant feeding with water diluted, dry milk formulas will lead to a greatly increased fluoride (F) ingestion even in areas with low F content of the drinking water. Investigations were carried out on typically breastfed children (B children) and typically formula fed children (F children) in Växjö and Gothenburg, Sweden in order to establish whether any difference in caries rate and/or F content of the primary teeth would result from these feedings. The criteria of at least 5 months of the respective types of feeding during the first year of life were met by 142 B children and 114 F children. The caries records at 4 years of age showed no difference in any of several comparisons, nor was any clear‐cut difference found in the F contents of the enamel and crown dentin of shed primary teeth that had been partly mineralized during the respective feeding periods of these children. As expected, no case of enamel fluorosis was observed in any of the groups.