Dental health

Study shows breastfeeding not associated with dental caries A study was planned in the United States to assess the potential risk factors for dental caries in a group of 1576 children aged 2-5 years old.01/10/2007

Bottle feeding & dental occlusion, Viggiano 2004 Non-nutritive sucking and bottle feeding are associated with poor dental formation.05/01/2005

Breastfeeding for more than six months may protect children from developing fluorosis To determine the relationship between early infant feeding and dental fluorosis in a non-fluoridated area, 1367 children were examined for fluorosis and given a water sample vial and questionnaire. 08/05/2003

Breastfeeding & dental health, Valaitis 2000 This systematic review investigated the relationship between early childhood caries (ECC) and breastfeeding.01/11/2000

Breastfeeding & dental health, Palmer 1998 An investigation of 600 skulls preserved from ancient cultures in US museums found that nearly all had perfect occlusions01/01/1998

Dummy sucking & dental health, Ogaard 1994 The upper and lower intercanine arch widths and the prevalence of posterior crossbite were registered for 445 3-year-old children with and without a continuing or previous dummy-sucking or finger-sucking habit.01/08/1994

Sucking habits & dental health, Paunio 1993 Sucking habits and their connection with family background was investigated in 3-year-old Finnish children.01/02/1993

Breastfeeding & dental health, Labbok 1987 Data on 9,698 children aged between 3 and 17 years were analysed retrospectively to assess the association between breastfeeding and dental malocclusion01/07/1987