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Subject:
Dental Caries
From:
Paul Zimmer <[log in to unmask]>
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Lactation Information and Discussion <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 19 Sep 1997 09:27:55 -0500
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The bacteria that cause dental caries ("cavities") are transmitted
mother-to-child as shown by DNA fingerprinting studies.  How this occurs
is one of the questions were are investigating in a large, longitudinal
study of mother-child pairs.  And before the question gets asked, yes,
there is a breastfeeding study component.  The results will not be
available for another year or so.


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J. Paul Zimmer, Ph.D.
Developmental and Clinical Immunology
University of Alabama at Birmingham Medical School

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