Determinants of Dental Caries

Question 1

Is SDF more impactful on anterior or posterior teeth?

Answer 1

Anterior

Question 2

For children with untreated caries between 3 and 5 years old, are they more likely to be above or below the poverty line?

Answer 2

Below

Question 3

What four factors serve as determinants for dental caries?

Answer 3

Age, gender, ethnicity and SES

Question 4

What major conclusion scame from the Vipeholm study?

Answer 4

Sugar consumption increases caries activity and caries can still occur in the absence of refined sugars

Question 5

T/F: Xylitol is less cariogenic than sucrose or fructose

Answer 5

T

Question 6

What was important about the Turku sugar study?

Answer 6

Xylitol is less cariogenic and could be substituted for sugars, as well as for conditions like diabetes

Question 7

What are side effects of xylitol?

Answer 7

GI distress, palpitations (fatal to dogs, btw)

Question 8

What is a side effect of aspartame?

Answer 8

Phenylketonuria (PKU)

Question 9

What are symptoms of phenylketonuria?

Answer 9

Hyperactivity, MR, neurological problems, eczema

Question 10

What is the difference between diet and nutrition?

Answer 10

Diet is the total of everything we eat/drink, nutrition is absorbing that which we consume