Avoid sugar-containing foods and drinks at bedtime when saliva flow is reduced and buffering capacity is lost.
Clinical Recommendation
🏴 England • Public Health England (PHE)
Recommendation Statement
Avoid sugar-containing foods and drinks at bedtime when saliva flow is reduced and buffering capacity is lost.
Avoid sugar
- containing foods and drinks at bedtime when saliva flow is reduced and buffering capacity is lost.
Clinical Topics
Keywords
Diet and Nutrition
References
Department of Health and Social Care (2021). Dental Caries. NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries. Oral health promotion. London: NICE; 2020.
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