However, previous caries experience
Fig 1. Carious lesions in a 12-month-old child that may be associated
with several etiologies including mutans streptococci colonization, high
frequency sugar exposure, and enamel defects
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is not a useful caries-risk predictor for infants and toddlers
because, even if these children are at high risk, there may
not have been enough time for carious lesion development