TY - JOUR
T1 - Children's dental health
T2 - Overview for the physician
AU - Miller, R. E.
AU - Rosenstein, D. I.
N1 - Funding Information:
This reearch was sponsored in part by grants from ARPA (Contract Title MDA 903-77-C-0322) and NSF (MCS 77-02712).
PY - 1982
Y1 - 1982
N2 - Dental problems are very common and affect people of all ages. The physical and emotional discomfort, economic loss, and inconvenience can be significant. Primary care physicians providing health care for children can prevent morbidity resulting from dental problems. This article will discuss the preventive role of the physician after presenting an overview of the prevalence, etiology, morbidity, and preventive measures for the most common pediatric dental problems seen by the primary care physician: caries, periodontal disease, malocclusion, and dental trauma.
AB - Dental problems are very common and affect people of all ages. The physical and emotional discomfort, economic loss, and inconvenience can be significant. Primary care physicians providing health care for children can prevent morbidity resulting from dental problems. This article will discuss the preventive role of the physician after presenting an overview of the prevalence, etiology, morbidity, and preventive measures for the most common pediatric dental problems seen by the primary care physician: caries, periodontal disease, malocclusion, and dental trauma.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0031-3955(16)34175-X
DO - 10.1016/S0031-3955(16)34175-X
M3 - Article
C2 - 6123976
AN - SCOPUS:0019979218
SN - 0031-3955
VL - 29
SP - 429
EP - 438
JO - Pediatric clinics of North America
JF - Pediatric clinics of North America
IS - 3
ER -