Purpose: The purpose of this study was to perform a systematic review to assess current
evidence for association between various risk factors and the prevalence or incidence of …

Early childhood caries (ECC) is a significant chronic disease of childhood and a rising public
health burden worldwide. ECC may cause a higher risk of new caries lesions in both primary …

Breastfeeding and human milk are the normative standards for infant feeding and nutrition.
The short-and long-term medical and neurodevelopmental advantages of breastfeeding …

Context Early childhood caries is a chronic disease that affects a child's general state of
health. The question of a link between primary tooth caries and breastfeeding has been …

Human microbiomes are predicted to assemble in a reproducible and ordered manner yet
there is limited knowledge on the development of the complex bacterial communities that …

Early childhood caries (ECC) is a global problem, disproportionately affecting
disadvantaged populations. The aim of this study was to evaluate systematically the …

Introduction: A systematic review of evidence on the impact of modifiable risk factors on early
childhood caries (ECC) was conducted to inform recommendations in a World Health …

Previous studies showed that prolonged breastfeeding increases the risk of caries.
However, the observed associations were mainly based on non-European populations, and …

Breastfeeding is a powerful health-promoting behavior. A 2016 Lancet global collaboration
to review the health implications of breastfeeding was among the first to consider oral health …

Background Recent reviews have proposed a causal relationship between prolonged
breastfeeding and early childhood caries (ECC), but the evidence to date is inconsistent …