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Genome-wide association study of primary dentition pit-and-fissure and smooth surface caries.
Caries research - 1 Jan 2014
Zeng Z, Feingold E, Wang X, Weeks D E, Lee M, Cuenco D T, Broffitt B, Weyant R J, Crout R, McNeil D W, Levy S M, Marazita M L, Shaffer J R
Abstract excerpt
Dental caries continues to be the most common chronic disease in children today. Despite the substantial involvement of genetics in the process of caries development, the specific genes contributing to dental caries remain largely unknown. We performed separate genome-wide association studies of smooth and pit-and-fissure tooth surface caries experience in the primary dentitions of self-reported white children in...
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