Early Feeding Practices and Severe Early Childhood Caries in Four-Year-Old Children from Southern Brazil: A Birth Cohort Study

Alberto Feldens, Carlos; Regina Justo Giugliani, Elsa; Vigo, Álvaro; Regina Vítolo, Márcia

doi:10.1159/000319898

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Early Feeding Practices and Severe Early Childhood Caries in Four-Year-Old Children from Southern Brazil: A Birth Cohort Study

Published in Caries Research • Jan 1, 2010

Authors:

Carlos Alberto Feldens

Elsa Regina Justo Giugliani

Álvaro Vigo

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between feeding practices in the first year of life and the occurrence of severe early childhood caries (S-ECC) at 4 years of age. A birth cohort study (n = 500) was conducted in children who were born within the public health system in São L...

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Medicine

Early childhood caries

Breastfeeding

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