A Comparative Study of Caries Formation in Breast-fed and Bottle-fed Children

Dahrul Aldy, Zakaria Siregar, Helena Siregar, Sani Gary Liwijaya, Srinita Tanyati

Paediatrica Indonesiana · 2017 · 10 citations · 0 references

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One hundred under five children have been examined in the Child’s Policlinic at General Hospital Medan December 1977. Fifty four children suffered from dental caries of which 48 had caries similar to bottle caries. Among those 48 children 35 was fed with breast milk continued by bottle milk and got bottle milk only.