Dear Lactnetters,  
Someone recently posted on Lactnet about this topic. Here are the  results of 
a study published in PEDIATRICS Vol. 116 No. 4 October 2005, pp.  921-926.  
The conclusion is not the one that many of us expected to see.  
Laura Hart, Winter Park, FL  
Comparison of the Cariogenicity of Cola, Honey, Cow Milk, Human Milk, and  
Sucrose  
Conclusions. Our data show that the use of honey, cola, and sucrose water in 
nursing bottles should be discouraged. Although human milk is more cariogenic 
than cow milk, it is no more cariogenic than are common infant formulas. 
Protracted exposure to human milk or formula through allowing an infant to sleep on 
the nipple should be discouraged, and the need for oral hygiene after tooth 
eruption should be emphasized.  
 
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<NOBR>William H. Bowen, BD* and  and  <NOBR>Ruth A.  
* Center for Oral Biology
Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 

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