BACKGROUND Diet is a major modifiable contributing factor in the etiology of dental caries. The purpose of this paper is to examine the reliability and cross-cultural validity of the Japanese version of the Food Frequency Questionnaire to assess dietary intake in relation to dental caries risk in Japanese. METHODS The 38-item Food Frequency Questionnaire, in which Japanese food items were add...

There is laboratory evidence that refined carbohydrates are more cariogenic compared with unrefined carbohydrates. It was reported that sugarcane workers in South Africa, who consumed large quantities of raw sugarcane daily, had a low caries experience. However, other epidemiologic studies of this relationship, both in Africa and elsewhere, have given mixed results and to date the question conc...

The objective of this study was to determine the cariogenicity of 3 foods similar in texture, but varying in their sucrose concentration. The foods were evaluated in rats in which essential dietary nutrients were administered by gastric intubation. A modified Scow diet was used for the intubation procedure, administered twice daily over a 21-day experimental period. The test foods (Kellogg’s Co...

abstract background and aim: reduction of dental plaque ph is an effective factor in the incidence of dental caries. one of the common methods for assessment of the cariogenic potential of food products is the study of plaque ph changes in the oral environment. the present study was performed due to the importance of dental plaque and its known complications and also the increase in consumption...