Infant growth, development and tooth emergence patterns: A longitudinal study from birth to 6 years of age

• Published in: Archives of oral biology Vol. 52; no. 6; pp. 598 - 606
• Main Authors: Bastos, João Luiz, Peres, Marco Aurélio, Peres, Karen Glazer, Barros, Aluísio J.D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.06.2007
• Subjects: Advanced Basic Science; Birth Weight - physiology; Body Height - physiology; Brazil; Cephalometry; Child; Child Development - physiology; Child, Preschool; Cohort Studies; Dentistry; DMF Index; Educational Status; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Gestational Age; Growth Disorders - physiopathology; Humans; Income; Infant; Infant, Newborn; Longitudinal Studies; Longitudinal study; Male; Molar - physiology; Parents - education; Predictors; Pregnancy; Pregnancy Complications; Sex Factors; Skin Pigmentation - physiology; Smoking - adverse effects; Tooth emergence; Tooth Eruption - physiology; Tooth, Deciduous - pathology; Brazil; Tooth emergence; Longitudinal study; Predictors

Abstract Objective To test the association of child's growth/development status and socioeconomic variables with dental emergence patterns. Design A sample of 359 children belonging to a birth cohort of over 5000 children born in 1993 in Pelotas (Brazil) was studied in 1998–1999. Previously tra...