Prevalence of developmental enamel defects and dental caries in rural pre-school Thai children

• Main Authors: Kanchanakamol U., Tuongratanaphan S., Lertpoonvilaikul W., Chittaisong C., Pattanaporn K., Navia JM., Davies GN.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Online Access: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3502482; http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/handle/6653943832/1113
• Institution: Chiang Mai University

The prevalence of developmental enamel defects and dental caries was assessed in 344 Karen children aged 1-4 years who were chronically (70 per cent) and acutely malnourished (9.3 per cent) The teeth were cleaned with gauze to facilitate detection of hypoplastic lesions on labial surfaces of maxilla...