Malnutrition A Longitudinal Study of Dental Caries in the Primary Teeth of Children who Suffered from Infant

AL35294-0008;'DepartmentofBiostatistics, 2DepartmentofCommunityandPublicHealthDentistry, UAB,andDepartmentsof Pediatrics, 40ralMedicine, SurgeryandPathology, UniversidadPeruanaCayetanoHeredia,Lima,PeruAprospective, four-yearlongitudinal studyof209Peru-vian children wasconducted to evaluate the effect ofasingle malnutritionepisodeoccurringatinfancy(i.e., < 1yearofage)ondental caries in theprimaryteeth. Chil-dren were recruited into the study at age 6-11 months