Alveolar bone loss in the primary dentition: state of the art.
Alveolar bone loss has been reported in primary teeth of healthy young children with a variable prevalence. This study aimed to review the literature on alveolar bone loss in the primary teeth of children without systemic diseases and to discuss the controversies with regard to the prevalence of this pathology in the primary dentition.
Pierro
Viviane Santos da Silva
VS
Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Orthodontics, School of Dentistry, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. vivigus@bol.com.br
de Souza
Ivete Pomarico Ribeiro
IP
D016301:Alveolar Bone Loss / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002648:Child; D006801:Humans; D015995:Prevalence; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous