Exploring the relation between body mass index, diet, and dental caries among 6-12-year-old children

Abstract

Dental caries scores showed no relationship between BMI-for-age in children. Both snacks and fatty food items were consumed more by obese children, which seeks attention.

Association between Dental Caries and BMI in Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

“…1) [Willerhausen et al, 2007;Narksawat et al, 2009;Costacurta et al, 2011;Sadeghi et al, 2011;Subramaniam and Singh, 2011;Trikaliotis Higher BMI was associated with lower odds of caries; overweight and obese children were more likely to be primary dental caries free among 7-to 9-year-olds in Guangzhou, China Elangovan et al, 2012;Norberg et al, 2012;Bagherian and Sadeghi, 2013;Shahraki et al, 2013;FriasBulhosa et al, 2015;Denloye et al, 2016;Liang et al, 2016;Pikramenou et al, 2016]. Agreement between the two reviewers was 93% for study selection and 86% for quality assessment.…”

“…Four main patterns of associations between dental caries and BMI were found among the 14 studies: 5 studies showed no association between caries and BMI [Costacurta et al, 2011;Sadeghi et al, 2011;Elangovan et al, 2012;Frias-Bulhosa et al, 2015;Denloye et al, 2016]; 5 studies found a positive association, namely, that highweight children were more likely to have a higher caries prevalence [Willerhausen et al, 2007;Trikaliotis et al, 2011;Bagherian and Sadeghi, 2013;Shahraki et al, 2013;Pikramenou et al, 2016]; 3 studies showed an inverse association, i.e., that low-weight children were more likely to have a higher caries prevalence [Narksawat et al, 2009;Norberg et al, 2012;Liang et al, 2016]; and there was still 1 study that found a U-shaped pattern, which meant that the deft score was significantly higher in underweight children and there was a higher DMFT score in overweight and obese children [Subramaniam and Singh, 2011].…”

“…All the studies were cross-sectional. When classifying articles according to dentition, 4 of them investigated primary dentition [Trikaliotis et al, 2011;Norberg et al, 2012;Bagherian and Sadeghi, 2013;Pikramenou et al, 2016], 6 investigated mixed dentition [Willerhausen et al, 2007;Costacurta et al, 2011;Subramaniam and Singh, 2011;Elangovan et al, 2012;Shahraki et al, 2013;Liang et al, 2016], and the remaining 4 investigated permanent dentition [Narksawat et al, 2009;Sadeghi et al, 2011;Frias-Bulhosa et al, 2015;Denloye et al, 2016]. Of the 6 studies investigating mixed dentition, 4 calculated both primary and permanent teeth [Willerhausen et al, 2007;Costacurta et al, 2011;Subramaniam and Singh, 2011;Elangovan et al, 2012], while 1 just calculated primary teeth [Liang et al, 2016] and the remaining 1 calculated permanent teeth only [Shahraki et al, 2013].…”

“…When classifying articles according to dentition, 4 of them investigated primary dentition [Trikaliotis et al, 2011;Norberg et al, 2012;Bagherian and Sadeghi, 2013;Pikramenou et al, 2016], 6 investigated mixed dentition [Willerhausen et al, 2007;Costacurta et al, 2011;Subramaniam and Singh, 2011;Elangovan et al, 2012;Shahraki et al, 2013;Liang et al, 2016], and the remaining 4 investigated permanent dentition [Narksawat et al, 2009;Sadeghi et al, 2011;Frias-Bulhosa et al, 2015;Denloye et al, 2016]. Of the 6 studies investigating mixed dentition, 4 calculated both primary and permanent teeth [Willerhausen et al, 2007;Costacurta et al, 2011;Subramaniam and Singh, 2011;Elangovan et al, 2012], while 1 just calculated primary teeth [Liang et al, 2016] and the remaining 1 calculated permanent teeth only [Shahraki et al, 2013]. When classifying according to teeth, 5 studies investigated primary teeth only [Trikaliotis et al, 2011;Norberg et al, 2012;Bagherian and Sadeghi, 2013;Liang et al, 2016;Pikramenou et al, 2016], 5 studies investigated permanent teeth only [Narksawat et al, 2009;Sadeghi et al, 2011;Shahraki et al, 2013;Frias-Bulhosa et al, 2015;Denloye et al, 2016], and 4 studies investigated both primary and permanent teeth [Willerhausen et al, 2007;Costacurta et al, 2011;Subramaniam and Singh, 2011;…”

“…Of the 6 studies investigating mixed dentition, 4 calculated both primary and permanent teeth [Willerhausen et al, 2007;Costacurta et al, 2011;Subramaniam and Singh, 2011;Elangovan et al, 2012], while 1 just calculated primary teeth [Liang et al, 2016] and the remaining 1 calculated permanent teeth only [Shahraki et al, 2013]. When classifying according to teeth, 5 studies investigated primary teeth only [Trikaliotis et al, 2011;Norberg et al, 2012;Bagherian and Sadeghi, 2013;Liang et al, 2016;Pikramenou et al, 2016], 5 studies investigated permanent teeth only [Narksawat et al, 2009;Sadeghi et al, 2011;Shahraki et al, 2013;Frias-Bulhosa et al, 2015;Denloye et al, 2016], and 4 studies investigated both primary and permanent teeth [Willerhausen et al, 2007;Costacurta et al, 2011;Subramaniam and Singh, 2011;Elangovan et al, 2012] (online suppl. Fig.…”