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Taste Thresholds, Taste Preferences, and Dental Caries in 15-year-olds

Department of Prosthetics

A.-K. Holm

Department of Pedodontics, University of UmeÅ, UmeÅ, Sweden

In two groups of 15-year-olds — 50 with a high and 50 with a low caries experience — recognition thresholds were determined for sweet, salty, sour, and bitter tastes and preferences for sweet taste, using a full-mouth technique. No statistically significant difference in thresholds could be found between the groups. No correlation between threshold values and preferences for sucrose could be established.

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Journal of Dental Research, Vol. 62, No. 10, 1069-1072 (1983)
DOI: 10.1177/00220345830620101301


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