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

ConclusionsIn 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.

Source: Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology - September 12, 2017 Category: Dentistry Authors: Olushola Ibiyemi, Fatemeh V. Zohoori, Ruth A. Valentine, Simon Kometa, Anne Maguire Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research