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Journal of Clinical Pediatric Dentistry, vol.20, no.4, pp.313-316, 1996 (Scopus)
This study was done to determine some of the effecting factors in the formation of nursing caries. For this purpose, 161 children with nursing caries, aged 2 to 5 years, were chosen. The control group was formed by 181 children with no caries. The ratio of giving up the habits in the group having nursing caries during the 12 months period was lower than the control group. The children falling asleep with the nursing bottle had a more incidence of nursing caries compared to those who did not. It was found that the type of carbohydrate liquid did not have a different effect in the formation of nursing caries. Commenced toothbrushing age did not show significant differences between those who developed nursing caries and those who did not. Even though the families had enough knowledge about the formation of caries, this was unable to stop the formation of the phenomenon.