%0 Journal Article
%T Impact of dental caries on preschool children's quality of life: an update
%A Marcelo B£¿necker
%A Jenny Abanto
%A Gustavo Tello
%A Luciana Butini Oliveira
%J Brazilian Oral Research
%D 2012
%I Sociedade Brasileira de Pesquisa Odontol¨®gica
%R 10.1590/s1806-83242012000700015
%X The literature reports that dental caries can cause functional, physical and aesthetic impairment, often with repercussions on children's general health at an early age. Moreover, recent studies have investigated how caries lesions can compromise children's quality of life. This paper aims to describe the current situation of dental caries prevalence in children and how this oral health disease can impact their quality of life.
%K Quality of Life
%K Dental Caries
%K Child
%K Preschool
%U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1806-83242012000700015