title: Prevalence of systemic and local disturbances in infants during primary teeth eruption: a clinical  study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The purpose of this study was to find the correlations between local and systemic manifestations during  primary teeth eruption and the eruption of various groups of teeth.
  
  
  METHODS
  The infants selected for the  study purpose were between 6 months to 3 years of age who had at least one erupting tooth. The study group consisted of  894 infants and other 550 infants served as a control group. Questionnaires were distributed to all parents and the data was  collected. Chi square test was performed to analyse the information obtained between the two groups. There were 378 girls  (42.2%) and 516 boys (57.7%) in the study group. The control group consisted of 195 girls (35.4%) and  355 boys (64.5%).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most common finding was gingival irritation 821 (95.9%) and the least  common symptom observed in the study was running nose 234 (27.3%). The presence of fever  diarrhea was seen in  101 (11.7%) infants. In the control group, 92.1% of the infants did not show any clinical manifestations.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  An association was found between primary teeth eruption and local and systemic manifestations. Most  manifestations were found during eruption of the primary incisors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, KLEVK Institute of Dental Sciences, Nehrunagar, Belgaum, Karnataka state, India. drkkiran@gmail.com
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kiran
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Swati
authors.forename: B K
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Kamala
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jaiswal
mesh_terms: D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003967:Diarrhea; D001068:Feeding and Eating Disorders; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever; D005891:Gingivitis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012220:Rhinitis; D012472:Salivation; D012893:Sleep Wake Disorders; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014078:Tooth Eruption; D014094:Tooth, Deciduous / Q000503:physiopathology*