Is sickle cell anemia a risk factor for severe dental malocclusion?

• Hauptverfasser: Cyrene Piazera Silva COSTA (Verfasst von), Halinna Larissa Cruz Correa CARVALHO (Verfasst von), Soraia de Fátima Carvalho SOUZA (Verfasst von), Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca THOMAZ (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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The aim of this study was to investigate possible associations between sickle cell anemia (SCA) and the severity of dental malocclusion (MO). This was a retrospective cohort study of 93 individuals with SCA (G1) and 186 individuals without the disease (G2). SCA patients were randomly selected by a s...