1. The timing of eruption of the primary dentition in Nigerian children
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Ebun Adejuyigbe, Morenike Oluwatoyin Folayan, Foluso John Owotade, Saunak Sen, Biola Lawal, and Kizito Chioma Ndukwe
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Molar ,Male ,Cross-sectional study ,Population ,Breastfeeding ,Dentistry ,Black People ,Nigeria ,Anthropology, Physical ,Tooth Eruption ,Age Distribution ,Sex Factors ,stomatognathic system ,Medicine ,Humans ,Tooth, Deciduous ,education ,Socioeconomic status ,education.field_of_study ,Dentition ,business.industry ,Infant ,Nigerian population ,stomatognathic diseases ,Breast Feeding ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,Logistic Models ,Socioeconomic Factors ,Anthropology ,Child, Preschool ,Female ,Anatomy ,business ,Breast feeding ,Demography - Abstract
The objectives of this study were to clar- ify the eruption time and sequence for primary teeth in Nigerian children. It also investigated the effect of sex and socioeconomic status on the timing and sequence of eruption. A random sample of 1,657 children from ages of 3-40 months were examined—921 (55.6%) males and 736 (44.4%) females. The age of eruption of the teeth was estimated using probit regression. The results show that there was no effect of sex, socioeconomic status or breastfeeding status on the timing of eruption and pat- tern of teeth eruption in Nigerian children. Left and right teeth had similar eruption times. Eruption times of the lateral incisor, canine, and molars were similar for upper and lower teeth. Interpopulation studies however showed that though the sequence of eruption of primary teeth in Nigerian population is similar to that of their peers in other compared populations, there are observable sex differences in the timing of tooth erup- tion. Am J Phys Anthropol 134:443-448, 2007. V C 2007 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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- 2007