title: Dental disease as an indication of nutritional problems.
abstract: This study was made of 293 Nigerian children (aged 2-6) to relate height and weight to dental disease. Nigerian children from large families were shorter, lighter, and had a poorer periodontal condition than children from smaller families.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Okoisor
authors.forename: D A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Liddington
mesh_terms: D001827:Body Height; D001835:Body Weight; D002648:Child; D002664:Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009549:Nigeria; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D010512:Periodontal Index