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Influence of Maternal Prenatal Vitamin D Status on Infant Oral Health

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A current definiti<strong>on</strong> <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> ECC, adopted by the American Academy <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> Pediatric<br />

Dentistry (AAPD), is the presence <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> at least <strong>on</strong>e primary tooth affected by caries in<br />

children under six years <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> age (< 72 m<strong>on</strong>ths). 27,40<br />

Others have classified ECC according<br />

to three specific presentati<strong>on</strong>s: isolated decay <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> primary incisors or molars, decay <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g><br />

primary incisors with or without molar decay, and decay exhibited throughout most <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> the<br />

primary dentiti<strong>on</strong>. 41 Whether these three patterns are discrete or represent sequential<br />

stages <str<strong>on</strong>g>of</str<strong>on</strong>g> a single disease process remains obscure.<br />

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