Question 332 · LDEK · Early childhood caries

Choose correct statements regarding early childhood caries induced by poor bottle feeding:

1) rampant caries involves firstly anterior maxillary teeth;
2) rampant caries involves firstly anterior mandibular teeth;
3) canines are less frequently involved with caries than first molars;
4) canines are more often involved with caries than first molars;
5) carious lesions involve lateral teeth later than anterior teeth;
6) carious lesions involve lateral teeth earlier than anterior teeth.
The correct answer is:
  1. A. 1,3,5.
  2. B. 2,3,5.
  3. C. 1,4,5.
  4. D. 2,3,6.
  5. E. 1,3,6.
Hint

Link the pattern of bottle caries to where the liquid pools, which teeth the tongue protects, and the eruption sequence.

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