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Does breastfeeding cause Early Childhood Caries (EEC)?

April 26, 2017breastfeeding Caries cause childhood early eec

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Does breastfeeding cause Early Childhood Caries (EEC)?

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Breastfeeding or the age of weaning from breastfeeding have not been proven to increase the risk of early childhood caries. Pediatrics 2007:120;e944-e952. Existing studies implicating breastfeeding as a cause often have not considered other known risk factors in dental caries, such as lack of fluoride exposure, additional dietary sources, or level of a child’s own decay-causing oral bacteria.