Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 37-39, March 2008

Genetic Factors Appear to Contribute Substantially to Dental Caries Susceptibility, and May also Independently Mediate Sucrose Sweetness Preference

Professor, Departments of Preventive and Community Dentistry & Biostatistics and the Interdisciplinary, Program in Genetics

Director of Biostatistics, College of Dentistry, University of Iowa, N439E Dental Science Building, Dows Institute for Dental Research, Iowa City, IA 52242-1010

Article Title and Bibliographic Information

Heritability Estimates for Dental Caries and Sucrose Sweetness Preference

Bretz WA, Corby PM, Melo MR, Coelho MQ, Costa SM, Robinson M, et al.

Arch Oral Biol 2006;51(12):1156-60

Level of Evidence

2

Purpose/Question

To assess the relative contributions of genetic and environmental factors to dental caries status and to sucrose sweetness preference, via determination of heritability estimates in a cohort of monozygotic and dizygotic twins.

Source of Funding

Government – NIH/NIDCR

Type of Study/Design

Cohort Study

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PII: S1532-3382(07)00202-3

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2007.12.004

Journal of Evidence-Based Dental Practice
Volume 8, Issue 1 , Pages 37-39, March 2008

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