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Increasing Diagnosis of Enamel Hypomineralisation in a Sample of More Than 70 000 Children in the City of Zurich: Repeated Cross-Sectional Prevalence Analyses and a Retrospective Longitudinal Cohort Analysis.

International journal of paediatric dentistry · Saxer T, Gharaviroudsari S, Diener V, Wiedemeier D · 2026-07-06

Enamel hypomineralisation in primary and permanent molars increased substantially in Zurich children between 2005 and 2019, with hypomineralised primary molars roughly doubling the risk of affected permanent molars.

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