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Tetracycline‐stained teeth in Jerusalem preschool children
Author(s) -
Zadik D.,
Eidelman E.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1600-0528
pISSN - 0301-5661
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0528.1975.tb00283.x
Subject(s) - medicine , socioeconomic status , tetracycline , dentistry , demography , pediatrics , environmental health , population , antibiotics , sociology , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
The prevalence of tetracycline‐stained teeth was studied in 965 5‐year‐olds attending compulsory kindergartens in West Jerusalem in 1971. In addition, demographic data were collected to determine the socioeconomic status of the children's families. The prevalence of children with stained teeth was 8.0 %, males being affected twice as often as females. The prevalence of staining was significantly higher in children of lower socioeconomic status.