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Necrotizing Ulcerative Gingivitis in Children: A 9 Year Clinical Study
Author(s) -
Mario Jimenez L.,
Baer Paul N.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1975.46.12.715
Subject(s) - citation , library science , medicine , gingivitis , state (computer science) , dentistry , computer science , algorithm
Twenty-eight children with ANUG and nine children with noma were studied over the past 9 years. It is concluded that these entities occur only in children from low socioeconomic groups and have a multifactorial etiology consisting of poor oral hygiene and malnutrition. In the case of noma, a prior infection with a viral agent or intestinal parasitism appears to be important predisposing factors.