What are nursing bottle caries?

Also known as: baby bottle tooth decay, bottle rot, early childhood caries.

The tooth decay that occurs in infants and very young children is often referred to as “baby bottle tooth decay”.


Reviewed by: Jack Wolfsdorf, MD, FAAP

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