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

• Main Authors: Cyrene Piazera Silva COSTA (Author), Halinna Larissa Cruz Correa CARVALHO (Author), Soraia de Fátima Carvalho SOUZA (Author), Erika Bárbara Abreu Fonseca THOMAZ (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...