Part 1: Case Study

Question 6 of 8

Which of the following statements is FALSE:

With bottle feeding, the sugar-containing beverage in the bottle bathes the teeth in sugars and increases the risk of caries when the bottle is given to a child overnight or during naps.

When bottle feeding, the nipple effectively blocks the access of saliva to the upper incisors, while the lower incisors are close to the major salivary glands and are protected from the contents of the bottle by the nipple and the tongue

ECC is a slow-developing form of caries and progresses over a long period of time from white spot lesions or subsurface decalcifications to frank cavitation