Abstract
The original sample consisted of 179 randomly chosen children aged 6 years and 1 month at the time of examination. Of these children, those 88 were selected who had been exposed, since the age of 4, to consistent oral hygiene measures and dietary habits. The investigation involved clinical registration of caries, including subsurface lesions, and restorations in buccal and lingual surfaces in primary molars and cuspids. The mesial surface of second molars, distal and mesial surfaces of first molars, and the distal surface of cuspids were recorded from X-ray pictures. 85 children were classified as follows, beletary habits: (1) > 6 or (2) 5–6 meals and snacks a day including at least one ‘unsuitable’ Dack with a high-sucrose component, or (3)
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