EFFECTS OF THE METHOD AND PERIOD OF LACTATION ON THE SALIVARY INVERTASE ACTIVITY TEST SCORES AND DECIDUOUS CARIES EXPERIENCE OF CHILDREN

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Journal of the Korean Academy of Pediatric Dentistry 1996;23(3):706-716.
Published online August 31, 1996.

EFFECTS OF THE METHOD AND PERIOD OF LACTATION ON THE SALIVARY INVERTASE ACTIVITY TEST SCORES AND DECIDUOUS CARIES EXPERIENCE OF CHILDREN

수유방법 및 기간이 아동의 타액내 환원효소활성검사성적과 유치우식경험도에 끼친영향

배상만, 노동주, 김대업, 이광희

원광대학교 치과대학 소아치과학교실

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate. the effects of the lactation of human or bovine milk and the method of using nursing bottles on the salivary invertase test scores and deciduous caries experience of children. 328 preschool children (boys 178, girls 150) in Iksan city were selected for this study. The parents of the children were asked to answer the questionnaire about the lactation of human or bovine milk and the time of using nursing bottles. The data were obtained from the salvary invertase activity score,(Resazurin Disc Test) deciduous caries experience and the questionnaire. The result were as follows. The invertase activity and caries experience of the human milk higher than that of the bovine milk group(P<0.05). There were significant positive relationships between the lactation period and the invertase activity and between the lactation period and the caries experience(P<0.05). Caries experience had a tendency to increase as the time of using nursing bottles increase (P>0.05).