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This research aims to determine the relationship between long-term sucrose intake and dental health in children aged 10.

Sucrose Intake since Infancy and Dental Health in 10-Year-Old Children

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This research aims to determine the relationship between long-term sucrose intake and dental health in children aged 10.
Participants included children in the highest and lowest sucrose intake percentiles (n=66 total, 33 per group).
Sucrose consumption was recorded prospectively from infancy to 10 years of age.
Dental health was assessed by calculating the sum of decayed, missing, and filled teeth (dmft and DMFT scores).
The high sucrose intake group had significantly higher dmft + DMFT scores (3.9 +/- 3.9) compared to the low intake group (1.9 +/- 2.5; p = 0.032).
Sucrose intake in the high group exceeded 10% of energy intake by 2 years of age (p < 0.001).

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Randomized trial analyses dental health outcomes in children based on long-term sucrose consumption.

Ruottinen et al. (2004) studied this question.

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