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Enamel Hypoplasia; enamel; Hypocalcification; modified DDE; Index
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Prevalence Of Enamel Hypoplasia And Enamel Hypocalcification In A Group Of Egyptian Children, Karimane Osman, Eman El-Masry, Magda El-Malt
Prevalence Of Enamel Hypoplasia And Enamel Hypocalcification In A Group Of Egyptian Children, Karimane Osman, Eman El-Masry, Magda El-Malt
Al-Azhar Journal of Dentistry
Purpose. This study was designed to determine the prevalence of developmental enamel defects in a group of Egyptian children and to determine the most common causes of these developmental enamel defects. Subjects and Methods: A total of 1500 children (4-14 years old, 700 boys and 800 girls) were randomly selected from the health insurance public daycare centers. For each child a clinical examination was performed according to the 2013 WHO dental caries criteria and the modified DDE index (FDI, 1982). Children were divided into three groups, according to the type of dentition asfollows, group (A) included “692” children and representing …