Do preterm-born children and adolescents have greater need for dental care as compared to full term-born controls?

• Main Authors: António Vicente (Author), Lubna Alward (Author), Anna-Paulina Wiedel (Author), Magnus Becker (Author), Xie-Qi Shi (Author), Kristina Hellén-Halme (Author), Susanne Brogårdh-Roth (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2022-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Preterm birth has been shown to cause various long-term health issues. Children who were born preterm have also been observed to have more dental behaviour management problems (DBMP) during dental examinations and treatment than children born full term. It is known that dental ra...