title: Caries prevalence, levels of mutans streptococci, and gingival and plaque indices in 3.0- to 5.0-year-old mouth breathing children.
authors.affiliation: Disciplina de Otorrinolaringologia Pediátrica, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brasil. enascimentofilho@hotmail.com
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Nascimento Filho
authors.forename: M P A
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pontes
authors.forename: A C C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Pignatari
authors.forename: L L M
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Weckx
mesh_terms: D001938:Brazil / Q000453:epidemiology; D016009:Chi-Square Distribution; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D003773:Dental Plaque / Q000382:microbiology*; D003774:Dental Plaque Index; D006801:Humans; D009058:Mouth Breathing / Q000150:complications*; D010512:Periodontal Index; D015995:Prevalence; D012463:Saliva / Q000382:microbiology; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013295:Streptococcus mutans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous