Prevalence of periodontitis in high school children in Saudi Arabia: a national study

BACKGROUND: The occurrence of periodontitis is rather infrequent in children and adolescence and increases with age. We conducted this study because there have been few epidemiological studies on prevalence of periodontitis in children in Saudi Arabia. OBJECTIVE: Determine the prevalence of periodon...

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Main Authors: Ali AlGhamdi, Ammar Almarghlani, Rusha Alyafi, Wael Ibraheem, Mohammad Assaggaf, Mohammed Howait, Loai Alsofi, Arwa Banjar, Mohammad Al-Zahrani, Rayyan Kayal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2020-01-01
Series:Annals of Saudi Medicine
Online Access:https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2020.7