Are severe occlusal problems more frequent in permanent than deciduous dentition? Má oclusão severa é mais freqüente na dentição permanente do que na decídua?

• Main Authors: Paulo Frazão (Author), Paulo Capel Narvai (Author), Maria do Rosário Dias de Oliveira Latorre (Author), Roberto Augusto Castellanos (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade de São Paulo, 2004-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence and severity of occlusal problems in populations at the ages of deciduous and permanent dentition and to carry out a meta-analysis to estimate the weighted odds ratio for occlusal problems comparing both groups. METHODS: Data of a probabilistic sample (n=985) o...