Lead poisoning can lead to tooth decay it?

Dental caries is living in poor areas of American children, a big problem. Many children are living in the old house, brush the walls are very high lead content in paint.

U.S. researchers say high blood lead levels in children are more likely to dental caries. They said the United States has more than 200 million children suffer from dental caries, the culprit may lead poisoning.

Researchers have confirmed that lead can cause psychological problems of children. In 1978, the United States banned the use of lead paint. Since the use of lead paint Dental Artcles poisoning hazard greatly reduced. However, it is estimated that approximately 57 million households are still painted the walls of lead-based paint. Lead in old paint in dust and soil are also found.

U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDCP) estimates that nearly 100 million U.S. children's blood lead levels are too high. Latest issue of "Journal of the American Medical Association" published a revealing correlation between dental caries and lead new research. New study is the host University of Rochester, New York Mark Holmes, the study period for the 1998-1994 year, involving 25,000 children and adults. The study found that higher blood lead levels of children's dental caries and tooth loss more likely to occur.

Dr. Holmes said, the incidence of dental caries and blood lead levels in direct proportion. However, some researchers have pointed out that the incidence of dental caries in addition to lead poisoning than there may be other reasons, such as eating too much sugar and drinking water to prevent dental caries in the critical lack of fluoride and other chemicals. However, the new study, Dr. Moss showed that dental caries and the correlation of lead levels in children and adults are present. However, the researchers admitted that the real mechanism of lead poisoning lead to dental caries is not yet clear.

In another new study, University of California, San Francisco, researchers studied the effect of vitamin C with lead poisoning relations.

Study included children and adults were 1.9 million people. The results showed that both children and adults, as long as the blood vitamin C, their blood lead levels on the lower.

But the researchers say, "vitamin C to prevent lead poisoning," said the proposal now would be premature.