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      <PublisherName>thejupd</PublisherName>
      <JournalTitle>Journal of Updates in Pediatric Dentistry</JournalTitle>
      <PISSN>3048-8109 (</PISSN>
      <EISSN>)</EISSN>
      <Volume-Issue>Volume 2 Issue 2</Volume-Issue>
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      <IssueTopic>Multidisciplinary</IssueTopic>
      <IssueLanguage>English</IssueLanguage>
      <Season>Volume 2, Issue 2, July-December 2023</Season>
      <SpecialIssue>N</SpecialIssue>
      <SupplementaryIssue>N</SupplementaryIssue>
      <IssueOA>Y</IssueOA>
      <PubDate>
        <Year>2023</Year>
        <Month>01</Month>
        <Day>31</Day>
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      <ArticleType>Pediatric Dentistry</ArticleType>
      <ArticleTitle>A cross-sectional survey of current nutritional counseling practices and attitudes towards dairy among pediatric dentists.</ArticleTitle>
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      <ArticleLanguage>English</ArticleLanguage>
      <ArticleOA>Y</ArticleOA>
      <FirstPage>22</FirstPage>
      <LastPage>29</LastPage>
      <AuthorList>
        <Author>
          <FirstName>Alexa</FirstName>
          <LastName>Martinelli</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>N</CorrespondingAuthor>
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          <FirstName>Michael</FirstName>
          <LastName>Milano</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
          <ORCID/>
          <FirstName>Bruce</FirstName>
          <LastName>Riggs</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
          <ORCID/>
          <FirstName>Todd</FirstName>
          <LastName>Schoenbaum</LastName>
          <AuthorLanguage>English</AuthorLanguage>
          <Affiliation/>
          <CorrespondingAuthor>Y</CorrespondingAuthor>
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      <DOI>10.54276/JUPD.2023.2204</DOI>
      <Abstract>Aims: This study sought to explore current dietary recommendations by pediatric dentists and to examine their attitudes toward sugar-sweetened milk.&#13;
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Methods: A cross-sectional 13-item survey instrument was developed by an expert team and disseminated to 7,783 emails through Qualtrics from February 2-27, 2023. The question topics included 3 domains: nutritional guidelines, types of foods recommended, and the level of dairy counseling given to parents for their children. Descriptive statistics were used to evaluate responses.&#13;
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Results: Out of 304 responses, 96.3% of pediatric dentists consider flavored milk to be a sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB). Nearly 65% of pediatric dentists refer to a USDA-published resource for nutritional recommendations. Only 12% of pediatric dentists routinely offer obesity counseling.&#13;
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Conclusions: While pediatric dentists continue to provide nutritional counseling at a high capaci ty, they do not have a universal resource on which to base their recommendations. The majority of pediatric dentists also consider flavored milk to be a SSB, despite the current exclusion of flavored milk from SSB classification.</Abstract>
      <AbstractLanguage>English</AbstractLanguage>
      <Keywords>Pediatric Dentist, Milk, Nutrients, Flavored milk</Keywords>
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        <Abstract>https://thejupd.com/ubijournal-v1copy/journals/abstract.php?article_id=15281&amp;title=A cross-sectional survey of current nutritional counseling practices and attitudes towards dairy among pediatric dentists.</Abstract>
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        <ReferencesarticleTitle>References</ReferencesarticleTitle>
        <ReferencesfirstPage>16</ReferencesfirstPage>
        <ReferenceslastPage>19</ReferenceslastPage>
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