%0 Journal Article %T Fermentable carbohydrate dietary consumption measured by a cariogenicity scoring system and caries experience in youth and adults Consumo de carbohidratos fermentables en la dieta medido mediante un sistema de puntaje para la cariogenicidad y experiencia de caries en j¨®venes y adultos %A Rodrigo A Giacaman %A Constanza E Fern¨¢ndez %A Nora D¨ªaz S %J Revista Chilena de Nutric¨ªon %D 2012 %I Sociedad Chilena de Nutrici¨®n, Bromatolog¨ªa y Toxicolog¨ªa %X Aim: To evaluate if dietary fermentable carbohydrate consumption associates with caries experience of youths and adults when assessed by a scoring system of putative cariogenicity of the foods. Methods: Two hundred and seventy five subjects (12 to 67 years-old) were examined to assess caries experience by the DMFT Index (decay missing and filled teeth) and radiographs. Subjects filled a weekly diet diary registering the type, frequency and time of consumption of foods. An arbitrary scoring system was used to determine cariogenic potential of the diet based on food consistency frequency and occasion of consumption. Results: DMFT index significantly increased with age (p<0.001). Females showed higher cariogenic potential than males (p=0.04). When subjects were divided into four DMFT categories, no differences were detected in cariogenic potential of the diet in any caries group. No correlation between caries experience and cariogenic potential of the diet could be found. Conclusions: Arbitrarily assigned cariogenicity of dietary fermentable carbohydrates does not seem to associate with caries experience, when information was obtained through a cariogenicity scoring system. Objetivo: Evaluar si el consumo de carbohidratos fermentables se asocia con la experiencia de caries en j¨®venes y adultos, cuando es medido por un sistema de asignaci¨®n de puntajes a los alimentos seg¨²n su presunta cariogenicidad. Metodolog¨ªa: 275 sujetos (12 a 67 anos) fueron examinados para determinar su experiencia de caries mediante el ¨ªndice COPD (dientes cariados, obturados y perdidos) y radiograf¨ªas. Los sujetos llenaron un diario diet¨¦tico semanal. Se utiliz¨® un sistema arbitrario para asignar puntajes y determinar el potencial cariog¨¦nico de la dieta basado en la consistencia, frecuencia y ocasi¨®n de consumo. Resultados: Las mujeres mostraron mayor potencial cariog¨¦nico que los hombres (p=0,04). Cuando los sujetos fueron divididos en 4 categor¨ªas de COPD, no se detectaron diferencias en su potencial cario-g¨¦nico en ning¨²n grupo de caries. No se observ¨® correlaci¨®n entre la experiencia de caries y el potencial cariog¨¦nico de la dieta (p>0,05). Conclusiones: La cariogenicidad arbitrariamente asignada a los carbohidratos fermentables de la dieta no parece asociarse con la experiencia de caries en adultos. %K Caries %K diario diet¨¦tico semanal %K potencial cariog¨¦nico de la dieta %K az¨²car %K consumo de carbohidratos fermentables %K COPD %K Caries %K weekly diet diary cariogenic potential %K sugar %K carbohydrate consumption %K DMFT %U http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0717-75182012000400002