Inclusion of initial caries lesions in a population-based sample of Brazilian preschool children: Impact on estimates and treatment needs

• Patrícia de Carvalho ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Patrícia de Carvalho, Mariana Minatel Braga

  Roles Data curation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: patcarvalho@usp.br

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, University of São Paulo-USP, São Paulo, Brazil

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8263-5314

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• Marcelo Bönecker ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, University of São Paulo-USP, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Gustavo Tello ,

  Roles Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, University of São Paulo-USP, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Jenny Abanto ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, University of São Paulo-USP, São Paulo, Brazil

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• Luciana Butini Oliveira ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Division of Pediatric Dentistry, Faculdade São Leopoldo Mandic, Campinas, Brazil

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• Mariana Minatel Braga

  Contributed equally to this work with: Patrícia de Carvalho, Mariana Minatel Braga

  Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry, Dental School, University of São Paulo-USP, São Paulo, Brazil

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