Biological maturation, its relationship with dental age in fetal malnourished children

Authors

  • Miriam Machado Martínez Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara Facultad de Estomatología. Villa Clara
  • Ailín Bello Pérez Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara Facultad de Estomatología. Villa Clara
  • Olga Lidia Véliz Concepción Instituto Superior de Ciencias Médicas de Villa Clara Facultad de Estomatología. Villa Clara

Keywords:

biological maturation, fetal malnutrition, dental age

Abstract

A longitudinal study was carried out in a sample of 100 fetal malnutrition-derived low birthweight children, aged 6-8 years at the time of study, who were born at "Mariana Grajales" provincial teaching gynecobstetric hospital located in Santa Clara City from 1990 to 1993, and a control group of 100 children with normal growth and development. Dental age was assessed in all the children to determine its relation with biological maturity. The results showed the effect of fetal malnutrition on the development of dentition, which indicated that age diagnosed by dental development is lower in children presenting with this disorder at birth whereas in non-affected children (control group) the tendency is that dental development moves ahead of the real chronological age.

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Published

2003-09-05

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Machado Martínez M, Bello Pérez A, Véliz Concepción OL. Biological maturation, its relationship with dental age in fetal malnourished children. Rev Cubana Estomatol [Internet]. 2003 Sep. 5 [cited 2026 Jan. 13];40(3):12-8. Available from: https://revestomatologia.sld.cu/index.php/est/article/view/2391

Issue

Vol. 40 No. 3 (2003): SEP- DEC

Section

Research Article

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