Prevalence of dental caries and caries-related risk factors in premature and term children

Prevalence of dental caries and caries-related risk factors in premature and term children

This study evaluated the prevalence of enamel defects and dental caries and their risk factors on primary and permanent dentitions of prematurely-born children and term children. Eighty children were examined, 40 born prematurely (G1) and 40 born term (G2), in the age group between 5 and 10 years. T...

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Main Authors: Vanessa Resende Nogueira Cruvinel, Danuze Batista Lamas Gravina, Tatiana Degani Paes Leme Azevedo, Ana Cristina Barreto Bezerra, Orlando Ayrton de Toledo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2010-09-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
Subjects:
Premature birth
Dental enamel
Dental caries
Dentition, mixed
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242010000300012

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