Necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis in children: a 9 year clinical study.
Twenty-eight children with ANUG and nine children with noma were studied over the past 9 years. It is concluded that these entities occur only in children from low socioeconomic groups and have a multifactorial etiology consisting of poor oral hygiene and malnutrition. In the case of noma, a prior infection with a viral agent or intestinal parasitism appears to be important predisposing factors.
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005892:Gingivitis, Necrotizing Ulcerative / Q000145:classification / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009625:Noma / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology