Early childhood caries underweight or overweight, that is the question.

Andrea Vania, Valeria Parisella, F Capasso, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Annarita Vestri, Marco Ferrari, A. Polimeni

PubMed · 2011 · 49 citations · 30 references

Abstract

The ECC population does not have a typical weight distribution, and the underweight finding in a significant number of Severe ECC (S-ECC) children may be due to the chewing alteration related to the dental pain due to caries and to missing teeth after hard tissues breakdown.

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