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Sugar consumption and caries risk in schoolchildren with low caries experience
Author(s) -
Szpunar Susan M.,
Eklund Stephen A.,
Burt Brian A.
Publication year - 1995
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.1600-0528.1995.tb00218.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , sugar , environmental health , sugar consumption , residence , population , demography , food science , chemistry , sociology
This paper assesses the risk from sugar consumption in a population of schoolchildren with low caries experience. It relates eight different measures of sugar consumption to the occurrence of any DMFS increment, and, separately, to approximal and pit‐and‐fissure DMFS. The data are from a 3‐yr longitudinal study of 429 children, initially aged 11–15, residing in non‐fluoridated rural communities in Michigan, USA. All children completed at least three dietary interviews, were present for baseline and final dental examinations, and had a parent or guardian provide questionnaire information on residence history, use of fluoride and dental services, and family history. Results indicated that a higher proportion of total energy intake from sugars increased the probability of caries on all surfaces, and a higher total intake of sugars was also associated with total caries increment. No relationship, however, was found between DMFS increment and the frequency of eating high sugar foods. Each additional 5 g of daily sugars intake was associated with a 1% increase in the probability of developing caries, and those whose energy intake from sugars was 1 SD above the mean had 2.0 times the risk of developing approximal caries than did children whose energy intake from sugars was 1 SD below the mean.