Nutritional status, dental caries and tooth eruption in children: a longitudinal study in Cambodia, Indonesia and Lao PDR

• Main Authors: Jed Dimaisip-Nabuab (Author), Denise Duijster (Author), Habib Benzian (Author), Roswitha Heinrich-Weltzien (Author), Amphayvan Homsavath (Author), Bella Monse (Author), Hak Sithan (Author), Nicole Stauf (Author), Sri Susilawati (Author), Katrin Kromeyer-Hauschild (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Untreated dental caries is reported to affect children's nutritional status and growth, yet evidence on this relationship is conflicting. The aim of this study was to assess the association between dental caries in both the primary and permanent dentition and nutritional sta...