The aim of the study was to verify the hypothesis about differences in sweet taste perception
in the group of preschool children with and without caries, and to determine its relationship …

Aim. To analyse the relationship between preference for sweetness, levels of salivary
mutans streptococci and levels of caries in low socio‐economic 4–5‐year‐old Brazilian …

Dietary habits and, in particular, the intake frequency of sucrose are of major importance for
the development of dental caries. The perception of sweet taste is believed to have an …

In this cross-sectional study of 236 schoolchildren living in Manresa, Spain, we evaluated
the association between prevalence of dental caries and frequency of consumption of …

With the aim of evaluating the relationship between consumption of sweet snacks (sugars)
and caries prevalence, a secondary analysis was performed on data obtained in an …

Purpose: Dental caries remains the single most common disease of childhood that is neither
self-limiting nor amenable to short term pharmacological management. Hence, there is a …

Background Obesity is a multifactorial disease that is increasing worldwide and is caused by
different environmental and genetic factors, with an increase in the consumption of high …

Purpose: The objective of the present study was to evaluate whether sensitivity to bitter taste
and perception of sweet taste have an influence on dental caries in urban and rural areas …

Objectives. The aim of the study was to evaluate the influence of sweet taste perception on
dietary habits in Saudi schoolchildren. In addition, the relationship between dietary habits …

Objective. To assess possible relationship between caries experience, salivary cariogenic
microflora and free sugar consumption in 6 year and 12 year old children in Riga, to …