Correlation between caries status and Body Mass Index in school children aged 6–10 Years in Greater Noida

Khan, Mohd. Khateeb; Shivlingesh, K.K.; Agarwal, Vartika; Gupta, Bhuvan Deep; Anand, Richa; Sharma, Abhinav K.; Ishan,; Thakar, Sahil

doi:10.5958/2395-499x.2016.00015.0

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“…A study conducted by Alves et al [27] revealed that no significant differences between genders were observed in caries experience. Khan et al, [28] in his study, reported that 61.5% of the obese patients had carious dentition. Sharma et al [29] reported that only 20% of children showed caries dentition in obese category this could be due to the presence of sticky dietary habit and less oral health concern in this study setting.…”

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Correlation of Body Mass Index and Dental Caries in Patients Attending Baqai Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan

Wali¹,

Siddiqui²,

Yousuf³

et al. 2016

Journal of Advanced Oral Research

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The aim is to correlate the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and dental caries in patients attending Baqai Dental College, Karachi, Pakistan. Materials and Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted in the Department of Operative Dentistry, Baqai Dental College, between June 1 st , 2014 and March 1 st , 2015. A simple random technique was employed and 200 adult patients, aged 18-35 years were selected to participate in the study. A structured questionnaire was designed to gather information on age; gender; address; weight; height; decayed, missing, filled teeth (DMFT) index. Dental caries was examined using DMFT index and height and weight measured using BMI. P value is 0.05. Data were analyzed for descriptive statistics and Chi-square test was done to assess the relationship between BMI and dental caries using SPSS version 21. Results: The study shows significant correlation between BMI and DMFT scores, DMFT scores found more in obese/overweight patients. Conclusion: This study results showed a positive correlation between dental caries and BMI. Obesity is thought to be a predictor of dental caries so modification in diet and changes in lifestyle including physical exercises with dental examination and educational care is required.

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