Malnutrition, enamel defects, and early childhood caries in preschool children in a sub-urban Nigeria population.
Morẹ Nikẹ Oluwátóyìn FoláyanMaha El TantawiAyodeji Babatunde OginniMichael AladeAbiola AdeniyiTracy L FinlaysonPublished in: PloS one (2020)
Although different types of malnutrition were associated with enamel defects, and enamel defects were associated with ECC, malnutrition was not associated with ECC. Further studies are needed to clarify the association between malnutrition and genetically and toxin-induced enamel defects.