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Prevalence and extent of enamel defects in the permanent teeth of 8-year-old Nigerian children.

Olushola IbiyemiFatemeh V ZohooriRuth A ValentineSimon KometaAnne Maguire
Published in: Community dentistry and oral epidemiology (2017)
In these Nigerian 8-year-olds (n = 322), mouth prevalence of DDE was 61.2% (mean (SD) teeth affected = 2.4 (2.2)), and a key positive predictor was a history of infant/childhood disease. With 29.8% of these children exhibiting dental fluorosis (mean (SD) teeth affected = 2.1(3.7)), drinking water F concentration was identified as a positive predictor, along with gender, with females more at risk of dental fluorosis than males.
Keyphrases
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  • young adults
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