The Pediatric Nurse Spends Time Teaching Caregivers About Prevention of Dental

The pediatric nurse spends time teaching caregivers about prevention of dental caries. Later a caregiver correctly tells the pediatric nurse that he paid careful attention to daily brushing and flossing with his preschooler because he had learned from the nurse that dental caries can cause:

A) extreme mouth and jaw pain
B) loss of a majority of the taste buds
C) a serious loss of appetite, weight loss, and anorexia or other eating disorders in childhood
D) premature loss of teeth, alteration of the dental arch, and compromised development of permanent teeth