Title: FIRST PRIMARY TOOTH ERUPTION; A SURVEY OF ITS TIMING IN PAKISTANI CHILDREN AND FACTORS AFFECTING ITS CHRONOLOGY
Abstract:Objective: To find out the eruption timing of the first deciduous tooth and thefactors affecting its eruption timing. Study Design: This study is hospital based. Setting:Lahore and Rajana. Period: 07....Objective: To find out the eruption timing of the first deciduous tooth and thefactors affecting its eruption timing. Study Design: This study is hospital based. Setting:Lahore and Rajana. Period: 07.01.2016 to 28.08.16. Material and Method: All the participatingchildren are from 05 months to 13 years age. In this study, information about children’s firstdeciduous tooth eruption, mode of feeding, nutritional status and the family’s socioeconomicstatus is taken from their mother. The data is fed in SPSS for window V 16.0 and calculatedthe average age at which the first milk tooth is erupted. Result and Conclusion: A total of170 children from both genders were scrutinized. The first deciduous tooth eruption in ourstudy was found to be the mandibular central incisor at the mean age of 8 months (7.86). Girlsget early primary dentition than boys, breast and non-breast feeding bears no difference andchildren from low socioeconomic group have early primary eruption.Read More