Premature Babies and Oral Health
Filed Under (Orthodontics articles) by admin on 15-03-2012
Tagged Under : adult orthodontics, bite deviations, dental care, Oral Health, orthodontic treatment
SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – San Diego children’s and adult orthodontics providers are learning some interesting facts about premature babies and the effects of prematurity on oral health, based on research coming out of Sweden in the past several years.
Several Swedish studies have shown that a higher rate of premature babies need orthodontic treatment than babies who go full-term, and premature babies also tend to have smaller teeth.
Researchers at the Faculty of Odontology in Malmo, Sweden have conducted a handful of studies over the past several years about children’s dental health, according to an article posted on Science Daily.
In one study, Liselotte Paulsson-Bjornsson, an orthodontic services specialist, observed 80 children who were born at 33 weeks.