Dental caries and sucrose intake in five South African preschool groups
Cleaton-Jones, P. ; Richardson, B. D. ; Winter, G. B. ; Sinwel, R. E. ; Rantsho, J. M. ; Jodaikin, A.
Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Published 1984
Oxford, UK : Blackwell Publishing Ltd
Published 1984
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1600-0528
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Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
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Medicine
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Abstract Dental caries, debris (DI-S) and sugar intake were determined for 766 rural Black, urban Black, coloured, Indian and While children, using standardized techniques. In general sucrose intake, both quantity and frequency was low in rural Black children yet these children had relatively few caries-free individuals and higher than expected mean dmft scores. Comparison with earlier studies in the same localities has shown a worsening of dental caries in all groups except the White, in which the situation has improved. Sucrose consumption declined in rural Black, and White groups, remained steady in urban Black children and increased in coloured and Indian groups.
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Electronic Resource
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