Nursing Bottle Caries Revision Questions

Question 1

What teeth does nursing bottle caries affect

Answer 1

Lower incisors protected by the tongue
Sequence of eruption
If the habit continues then other teeth become affected
Can induce smooth surface caries

Question 2

How do you treat nursing bottle caries?

Answer 2

Cups from 6months
No sugar in bottles
Drink milk/water
No bottle at night
No sugar milk
Not using the correct feeding cups
Not swallowing liquid and swirls it around in mouth
Prolonged breastfeeding

Question 3

Certain teeth are affected by nursing bottle caries, why?

Answer 3

The lower incisors are not affected as they are protected by the tongue when the child consumes the liquid out their bottle
The upper incisors are the first affected as they are normally the first to erupt
Then the primary molars are the next affected due to the eruption sequence of primary teeth
Unless the habit is stopped it slowly affects all the erupted teeth