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Materials and Methods: Utilizing data from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013\u20132015), this study explores the association between milk consumption and the prevalence of dental caries in a sample of 4843 subjects (weighted n = 15,581), including 2856 males and 1987 females; weighted sample sizes were 6656 and 8925 for men and women, respectively. The prevalence of dental caries was assessed by evaluating the number of decayed, filled, and missing teeth. Results: The analysis demonstrated a significant positive association between increased milk consumption and the risk of developing dental caries, with an overall odds ratio of 1.653 (95% CI: 1.153\u20132.370, p &lt; 0.05). The association was more pronounced in females, exhibiting an odds ratio of 1.865 (95% CI: 1.157\u20133.006, p &lt; 0.05), and age was identified as a significant variable, particularly among participants aged 50 and above. In contrast, the relationship among the male group, though positive (odds ratio: 1.613, 95% CI: 0.991\u20132.625), was not statistically significant (p = 0.054). Conclusion: These findings suggest that milk consumption may be a potential risk indicator for dental caries, particularly among women, emphasizing the need for targeted dietary recommendations in dental health practices.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/medicina60060967","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,12]],"date-time":"2024-06-12T06:47:30Z","timestamp":1718174850000},"page":"967","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":3,"title":["Milk Consumption and Its Association with Dental Caries: Gender-Specific Insights from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2013\u20132015)"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"60","author":[{"given":"Eun Jeong","family":"Min","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Medical Life Science, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Department of Biomedicine & Health Sciences, Graduate School, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"EunKyung","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biomedicine & Health Sciences, Graduate School, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-8915-1555","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jun-Beom","family":"Park","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Periodontics, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Dental Implantology, Graduate School of Clinical Dental Science, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"},{"name":"Department of Medicine, Graduate School, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul 06591, Republic of Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2024,6,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","unstructured":"G\u00f3rska-Warsewicz, H., Rejman, K., Laskowski, W., and Czeczotko, M. 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