Eruption pattern in the primary dentition of premature low-birth-weight children.
This study evaluated the eruption pattern of primary teeth in thirty-one prematurely born children with low birth-weight. Compared with the normal development pattern, the prematurely-born children younger than age twenty-four months had 28 percent fewer erupted teeth, on average.
Fadavi
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University of Illinois, Chicago.
Punwani
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Adeni
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Vidyasagar
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D000367:Age Factors; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007230:Infant, Low Birth Weight; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D007440:Intubation; D008297:Male; D013997:Time Factors; D014078:Tooth Eruption / Q000502:physiology*; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000502:physiology*