Effect of Dental Caries on Children Growth

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  • Tayebeh Malek Mohammadi
  • Elizabeth Jane Kay
چکیده

Recent reports suggest that in many established market economies changes in dietary practices have resulted in a change in children and adolescents’ body mass index. Among the reported dietary changes are alterations in the pattern of intake of carbohydrates. It would seem entirely consistent with current knowledge to assume that such changes may also impact upon dental caries in the child population.

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تاریخ انتشار 2012