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Associations between oral health-related impacts and rate of weight gain after extraction of pulpally involved teeth in underweight preschool Filipino children

BACKGROUND: Severe dental caries in young children is associated with underweight and failure to thrive. One possible mechanism for severe caries affecting growth is that the resulting pain and discomfort influences sleeping and eating, and that affects growth and weight. The objective of this study...

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Autores principales: Duijster, Denise, Sheiham, Aubrey, Hobdell, Martin H, Itchon, Gina, Monse, Bella
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23731717
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-533