“…An association of delayed eruption with malnutrition has been observed in rats fed protein-or protein-and calorie-defi cient diets [DiOrio et al, 1973;Shaw and Griffi ths, 1963]. Delayed eruption of deciduous teeth in humans was observed in twelve cross-sectional studies and two concurrent cohort studies [Alvarez et al, 1988[Alvarez et al, , 1990[Alvarez et al, , 1995Barrett and Brown, 1966;el Lozy et al, 1975;Enwonwu, 1973;Kanawati and McLaren, 1973;McGregor et al, 1968;Mukherjee, 1973;Neil et al, 1973;Rami Reddy et al, 1986;Sweeney and Guzman, 1966;Toverud, 1956;Visweswara et al, 1973].…”