Affiliation:
1. Department of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculty of Stomatology, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, Str. Majka Tereza 17, 1000 Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
Abstract
Baby bottle caries occurs in the earliest age of the children (1-1.5 year), immediately after the eruption of the deciduous teeth. The latest scientific literature uses the term Early Childhood Caries (Tooth decay in early childhood).
The aim of this study was to determine the level of the glucose values in the saliva samples taken in different time intervals: 5, 15, 30 and 60 minutes after consuming two types of liquid food (sweetened milk and fruit juice).
The study included test-group of 40 children, age 3-3.5 years, with Baby Bottle Caries that were still using baby bottles for feeding, and the control group of 40 children the same age, but without caries. The glucose concentrations of the saliva samples were determined with enzyme method GOD/PAP (Berhan and Trinder, 1972) at the Institute of Biochemistry at the Faculty of Medicine, University “Ss. Cyril and Methodius” in Skopje, Republic of Macedonia.
The analysis of the results showed statistically significant differences in determined values in saliva samples of the test-group and the control group (p<0.01). These differences were more expressed after consuming the fruit juices, and lead us to a conclusion that fruit juice is stronger caries causing liquid than milk (p<0.001).
Keywords: baby bottle caries, saliva, glucose, sweetened milk, fruit juice
Publisher
Macedonian Pharmaceutical Association
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