Asthma doubles the risk of caries in both primary and permanent dentition

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Asthma and caries are two of the commonest health problems affecting children.  This review and meta-analysis was conducted to synthesize the evidence on the relation between asthma and caries. The authors searched Medline, Government reports and conference proceedings for case-control, cohort, or cross sectional studies   that provided relevant and applicable quantitative information on the relation [read the full story…]