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RESEARCH ARTICLE

Bottle caries and dental neglect

Sarah Raphael

New South Wales Public Health Bulletin 10(4) 31 - 32
Published: 1999

Abstract

Each year large numbers of Australian children undergo dental treatment for bottle caries. This significant form of dental decay affects the first teeth of infants and young children who have, most often, been exposed to bottle feeding for long periods during each day and night. A recent study found that 40 per cent of decay in five-year-old Australian children remains untreated.

https://doi.org/10.1071/NB99013

© NSW Department of Health 1999

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