Prevalence of early loss of primary teeth in 5-10-year-old school children in Chidambaram town

• Main Authors: S. Syed Shaheed Ahamed (Author), Venugopal N Reddy (Author), R Krishnakumar (Author), Muthu G Mohan (Author), Durai K Sugumaran (Author), Arun P Rao (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction : The premature loss of primary teeth may reduce arch length required for the succeeding tooth and, hence, predisposes crowding, rotation and impaction of the permanent teeth. There are only limited studies carried out about the prevalence of early loss of primary teeth. Aim : The prese...