fa Mothers' Taste Perceptions and their Preschool Children's Dental Caries Experiences کودکان Pediatric Dentistry پژوهشي Research <p> <strong>Purpose:</strong></p><p>  This study's purpose was to determine the caries experiences of preschool children whose mothers exhibited various genetic taste sensitivities to sweet foods, as reflected by their ability to taste the chemical 6-n-propylthiouracil (PROP). </p><p> <strong>Methods:</strong> </p><p> A convenience sample of 38 healthy two- to three-year-old preschool children and their mothers was selected. Data regarding maternal demographics and children's oral hygiene practices were obtained by questionnaires. Children received oral clinical examinations. Mothers received a PROP test to determine their taste type.</p><p> <strong> Results</strong>:</p><p>  Twenty mothers were PROP supertasters (disliking sweet food), and 18 mothers were PROP nontasters (liking sweet food). Children of nontaster mothers were found to have a greater prevalence of dental caries and a greater number of decayed, missing, and filled surfaces (dmfs) of maxillary anterior teeth than those of supertaster mothers (P<.05). Children of nontaster mothers whose grandparents reportedly lived in the same household had increased dmfs vs. those without grandparents in the household (P<.05). </p><p> <strong>Conclusion:</strong></p><p>  The prevalence of dental caries in two- to three-year-old-children was significantly greater in children of mothers who couldn't taste the chemical 6-n-propylthiouracil than those of mothers who could. A mother's PROP type could be an important variable related to the caries experience of preschool children. </p><hr><p></p><p> <strong>Source: </strong>Journal of American Academy of ‍ Pediatric Dentistry</p><p><a href="http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aapd/pd/2013/00000035/00000007/art00007" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff"> Full Text</font></a></p> CROSS SECTIONAL; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL CARIES ACTIVITY TESTS; FOOD PREFERENCES; PROPYLTHIOURACIL 0 0 http://idai.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-32-2601&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Abrar Alanzi 100319475328460012283 100319475328460012283 No Assistant professor, Department of Developmental and Preventive Sciences, College of Dentistry, Kuwait University, Kuwait Glenn Minah 100319475328460012284 100319475328460012284 No Professor in the Departments of Microbial Pathogenesis and Division of Pediatric Dentistry, at the School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md., USA Elaine Romberg 100319475328460012285 100319475328460012285 No Professor Emeritus Department of Endodontics, Prosthodontics and Operative Dentistry, at the School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md., USA Frank Catalanotto 100319475328460012286 100319475328460012286 No Professor and Chair, Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Science, at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl, USA Linda Bartoshuk 100319475328460012287 100319475328460012287 No Professor, Department of Community Dentistry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Smell and Taste, College of Dentistry, at the University of Florida, Gainesville, Fl, USA Norman Tinanoff ntinanoff@umaryland.edu 100319475328460012288 100319475328460012288 Yes Professor and Division Chief of Pediatric Dentistry, Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of Maryland, Baltimore, Md., USA