The purpose of this study was to know the prevalence and possible etiology of nursing bottle caries in Korea.
The study was performed as a preliminary procedure before doing a survey of whole country.
Dental caies experience of the 209 children wh...
The purpose of this study was to know the prevalence and possible etiology of nursing bottle caries in Korea.
The study was performed as a preliminary procedure before doing a survey of whole country.
Dental caies experience of the 209 children who enrolled in H kindergarten located in Seoul, Korea were examined, and the parents of the children were asked to answer the questionnaire about nursing and oral health habit and socioeconomic status, 71 parents replied the questionnaire.
The results were as follows:
1. The nursing bottle caries prevalence of 209 children of H kindergarten(male 97, female 112, age :55-77months) is 13.4%.
2. Average weaning age of 28 children with nuring bottle caries is 21.7±9.7 month, that of 43 children without nursing caries was 18.3±10.6 month.
3. The children with nursing caries had more nocturnal nursing habit history than the children without nursing caries