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Malnutrition, enamel defects, and early childhood caries in preschool children in a sub-urban Nigeria population

OBJECTIVES: The study tried to determine if malnutrition (underweight, stunting, wasting, overweight) and enamel defects (enamel hypoplasia, hypomineralized second molar, amelogenesis imperfecta, fluorosis) were associated with early childhood caries (ECC). The study also examined whether malnutriti...

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Autores principales: Folayan, Morenike Oluwatoyin, El Tantawi, Maha, Oginni, Ayodeji Babatunde, Alade, Michael, Adeniyi, Abiola, Finlayson, Tracy L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7329100/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32609719
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232998