Prevalence of dental caries in children born prematurely or at full term Prevalência de cárie dentária em crianças nascidas prematuramente e a termo

The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of dental caries in 192 children, 96 born prematurely and 96 at full term, in a regional hospital in Brazil. Mean age at clinical examination was 40.72 months in the full-term group (G1) and 30.44 months in the premature group (G2). The chil...

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Main Authors: Danuze Batista Lamas Gravina, Vanessa Resende Nogueira Cruvinel, Tatiana Degani Paes Leme Azevedo, Orlando Ayrton de Toledo, Ana Cristina Barreto Bezerra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica 2006-12-01
Series:Brazilian Oral Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242006000400013