EARLY CHILD HEALTH IN LAHORE, PAKISTAN .13. PRIMARY TEETH EMERGENCE

The aim of this study was to investigate the number of emerged primary teeth at various ages from 6 to 24 months in 1347 longitudinally foll owed Pakistan infants sampled from four socio-economically different a reas in Lahore, Pakistan; from a very poor periurban slum to a privile ged upper middle class group. The emergence of the primary teeth was f ound to be little, or not all related to sex or to the area of living. However, in comparison with studies conducted in other continents, th e Indo-Pak subcontinent population lags behind in primary teeth emerge nce, especially in early life. This genetic difference makes it necess ary to create specific standards of primary teeth emergence for this p opulation.