This guide is intended to be the first edition of a public relations exercise in child dental health education for parents and guardians in the Bahamas. It has become necessary due to the unacceptable incidence of dental caries (cavities), particularly in infants and young children that seems to continue unabated from one generation to the next. Our greatest concern is the relatively high incidence of nursing bottle caries in the inner city which appears to be directly related to the feeding practices of mothers who are ignorant of dental disease processes. Moreover, the prevailing view that...