Shetty A, Shetty P

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Dear Editor:

We have read the original study entitled “Relationship between iron deficiency anaemia and dental caries in school children of Peruvian native communities” published in Revista Cubana de Investigaciones Biomédicas.1) We would like to appreciate and congratulate them. Limited research observations are available to establish a conclusive association between iron deficiency and dental caries. In this regard study by CRA Canchari, SGC Bustamante et al. is an important contribution.
It is a well-known fact that iron deficiency is the most common form of nutritional deficiency all over the world. Tooth pain or oral disease usually restricts the ability to eat healthy food and to alter nutritional levels and affect oral health, and so nutrition and oral health are interdependent.

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1. Aquino Canchari CR, Chavez Bustamante SG, Parco Rupay VI. Relationship between Iron Deficiency Anemia and Dental Caries in Schoolchildren of Peruvian Native Communities. Rev Cubana Inv Bioméd. 2020;39(2):e509.

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