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Early childhood caries is associated with genetic variants in enamel formation and immune response genes.
Caries research - 1 Jan 2015
Abbasoğlu Zerrin, Tanboğa İlknur, Küchler Erika Calvano, Deeley Kathleen, Weber Megan, Kaspar Cigdem, Korachi May, Vieira Alexandre R
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Early childhood caries (ECC) is a chronic, infectious disease that affects the primary dentition of young children. It is the result of an imbalance of risk factors and protective factors that influence the disease. The aim of this study was to assess genetic and environmental factors that may contribute to ECC. Two hundred and fifty-nine unrelated children were evaluated using a cross-sectional design. Data on...
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