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Simple, Effective—and Inexpensive— Strategies to Reduce Tooth Decay in Children

Division of Health Promotion, Disease Prevention and Epidemiology, University of Southern California School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, jennifer.holtzman{at}usc.edu

Access to primary preventive dental care will likely decrease in a poor economy, challenging all health care providers to identify inexpensive ways to help families prevent tooth decay. The incidence of tooth decay in very young children is increasing. Tooth decay can result in death in children if the subsequent infection is untreated. However, easy, inexpensive, and effective strategies exist to improve the dental health of children, and non-dental health care providers can introduce families to very useful nutritional and dental practices.

Key Words: dental caries • infant care • preventive dentistry • dental sealant • fluoride varnish

ICAN: Infant, Child, & Adolescent Nutrition, Vol. 1, No. 4, 225-231 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1941406409338861


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