Dental development was assessed in 194 diabetic children and was compared with standard tooth emergence data. Based on duration of the disease, a biphasic influence of the diabetic state on dental development was observed. Dental development was influenced primarily by the age of the patients; this suggests the existence of a "diabetic constitution" that may cause systemic effects before the metabolic disorder becomes manifest clinically.
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