Nutritional Status is Associated with Permanent Tooth Eruption in a Group of Brazilian School Children

• Main Authors: Caio L. B. Reis DDS, MS (Author), Mariane C. F. Barbosa DDS, MS (Author), Suelyn Henklein DDS (Author), Isabela R. Madalena DDS, MS, PhD (Author), Daniela C. de Lima DDS, MS, PhD (Author), Maria A. H. M. Oliveira DDS, MS, PhD (Author), Erika C. Küchler DDS, MS, PhD (Author), Daniela S. B. de Oliveira DDS, MS, PhD (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: SAGE Publishing, 2021-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The present study aimed to investigate the association between nutritional status with delayed tooth eruption (DTE). Oral examination was performed in schoolchildren (8-11 years old), and DTE was defined by absence of dental gingival emergence or when primary tooth was still present in the oral cavi...