Relación entre Lactancia Materna Exclusiva y Caries Dental en Niños

Abstract

Abstract: Exclusive breastfeeding is recommended until six months of age. continued until two years of age or more, complemented with other foods. By Therefore, the relationship between breastfeeding and dental caries in children has benefits since that breastfeeding is a protective factor for cavities, it is also important to manage the rest of the factors contributing to their appearance, the cause being Mainly the lack of oral hygiene. It was carried out through bibliographic reviews Search strategies to obtain various articles in the databases of PubMed 2, Virtual Health Library (VHL) 61 and Google Scholar 82. Obtaining The result was 145 articles, of which the corresponding filters were applied. leaving 38 articles that meet the inclusion and exclusion criteria for the research review. It is concluded that the breastfeeding, as well as raising awareness of the importance of good care in oral hygiene of children from the moment the first tooth erupts, to reduce presence of cavities at an early age.