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Is there a long-term caries-preventive effect of sugar restrictions during World War II?
H M Eriksen1, J Grytten, D Holst
1Department of Operative Dentistry, Dental Faculty, University of Oslo, Norway.
Acta Odontologica Scandinavica
|June 1, 1991
Abstract:
Wartime decrease in caries prevalence among children explained by restrictions in sugar availability and consumption is widely documented. The aim of the present investigation was to study possible long-term effects of this regimen on dental caries. Norwegian age cohorts who were 7 years old during World War II were reexamined in 1983. On the basis of DMF recordings of their first permanent molars, a long-lasting beneficial effect of the wartime caries decrease could not be demonstrated.