Relationship Between Birth Weight and Time of First Deciduous Tooth Eruption in 143 Consecutively Born Infants

Deciduous teeth play an important role in the proper alignment, spacing and occlusion of permanent teeth. The calcification of deciduous teeth begins during the fourth prenatal month, and calcification of all deciduous teeth begin by the end of the sixth prenatal month. The eruption date varies and...

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Main Authors: Negar Sajjadian, H. Shajari, Ramin Jahadi, Michael G. Barakat, Ali Sajjadian
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2010-08-01
Series:Pediatrics and Neonatology
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1875957210600447