“…In the comparison of the eruption ages of the permanent teeth of the children in the study and control groups, tooth eruption was assumed to have occurred if any part of the crown was visible on the oral mucosa (Codes 1, 2, and 3). For each participant in the study and control groups, the eruption ages of teeth 11,12,13,14,15,16,17,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,31,32,33,34,35,36,37,41,42,43,44,45,46 and 47 were recorded. The mean age of dental eruption in the children in the study group was compared with that of the control group.…”