Prevalence of dental caries in children born prematurely or at full term Prevalência de cárie dentária em crianças nascidas prematuramente e a termo

• Main Authors: Danuze Batista Lamas Gravina (Author), Vanessa Resende Nogueira Cruvinel (Author), Tatiana Degani Paes Leme Azevedo (Author), Orlando Ayrton de Toledo (Author), Ana Cristina Barreto Bezerra (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontológica, 2006-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of dental caries in 192 children, 96 born prematurely and 96 at full term, in a regional hospital in Brazil. Mean age at clinical examination was 40.72 months in the full-term group (G1) and 30.44 months in the premature group (G2). The chil...