Revised criteria for the assessment and interpretation of occlusal deviations in the deciduous dentition: a public health perspective Critérios para a determinação e interpretação de desvios oclusais na dentição decídua: uma perspectiva de saúde pública

• Main Authors: Eliete Rodrigues de Almeida (Author), Paulo Capel Narvai (Author), Paulo Frazão (Author), Antonio Carlos Guedes-Pinto (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Secondary data from a randomized sample of Brazilian preschool children were analyzed to evaluate the prevalence of occlusal deviations in the deciduous dentition that can adversely affect the permanent dentition, using revised criteria. Overjet and overbite used cut-off points described in the lite...