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The aim of this chapter is to suggest ways in which dental disease in childhood can be prevented by dietary means. While emphasising the necessity to reduce consumption of sugars and sugary foods, the authors are conscious that any advice given in this context should be consistent with general dietary advice aimed at producing a healthy individual.
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J. R. Gregory, D. L. Collins, P. S. W. Davies, J. M. Hughes and P. C. Clarke, National Diet and Nutrition Survey: Children Aged1½ and 4½ Years. Volume 1 (London: HMSO, 1994).
A. J. Rugg-Gunn, Nutrition and Dental Health (Oxford: University Press, 1993).
Weaning and the Weaning Diet. Report of the Working Group on the Weaning Diet of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food Policy, Department of Health (London: HMSO, 1994).
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Hunter, L., Hunter, B. (1997). Prevention 1: diet. In: Oral Healthcare in Pregnancy and Infancy. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-13791-6_8
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