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Affiliations

¹ Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
² Department of Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods in Health, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Editorial

Ana Paula Pires Dos Santos et al. Int J Paediatr Dent. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;30(6):661-663.

doi: 10.1111/ipd.12736.

¹ Department of Community and Preventive Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
² Department of Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, University of São Paulo - USP, São Paulo, Brazil.
³ Department of Epidemiology, Institute of Social Medicine, University of the State of Rio de Janeiro - UERJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
⁴ Department of Epidemiology and Quantitative Methods in Health, National School of Public Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation - FIOCRUZ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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