Oral conditions and body weight in children from a public school in Manaus, AM, Brazil

Abstract

ResumoIntrodução: Estudos têm apontado para relações existentes entre prevalência de cárie e doença periodontal e ocorrência de sobrepeso ou obesidade, porém poucos estudos foram conduzidos em crianças. Objetivo: Avaliar a relação entre doença periodontal, cárie e peso corporal em crianças de uma escola pública de Manaus -AM, Brasil. Material e método: Cento e sessenta e nove crianças foram incluídas no estudo. Registros foram obtidos, tais como, dentes cariados, perdidos e obturados na dentição permanente (CPO-D) e cariados, com extração indicada e obturados em decíduos (ceo), além do registro do índice periodontal comunitário (CPI). A classificação da categoria de peso corporal foi obtida em percentil pela tabela Escore-z. Resultado: Maiores médias de peso e índice de massa corporal (IMC) foram verificados nos grupos com sobrepeso e obesidade (p<0,05). Todos os grupos foram semelhantes com relação aos códigos do CPO-D/ceo e CPI de 0 a 4 (p>0,05). Todos os grupos apresentaram maiores médias de CPI 0 em comparação aos demais códigos CPI de 1 a 4 (p<0,05), ou seja, a maioria das crianças apresentou sítios com profundidade de sondagem <3,5 mm e sem sangramento à sondagem. Conclusão: Não houve relação entre o peso corporal com a ocorrência de cárie dental e doença periodontal nessa população estudada. A obesidade e o sobrepeso não mostraram influência negativa para o aumento da prevalência dessas doenças.Descritores: Doença periodontal; cárie dental; peso corporal; obesidade; criança. AbstractIntroduction: Some studies have pointed to links between the prevalence of caries and periodontal disease, and the occurrence of overweight or obesity; but, few studies have been conducted in children. Objective: To assess the relationship between periodontal disease, tooth decay and body weight in children from a public school in Manaus, AM, Brazil. Material and method: The study included one hundred and sixty-nine children. Records were obtained of decayed, missing and filled (DMFT) permanent teeth, and of decayed, extracted, or filled (DEF) deciduous teeth, as well as the record of the community periodontal index (CPI). The classification of body weight category was obtained in percentile using the z-Score table. Result: Higher averages of weight and body mass index (BMI) were seen in the overweight and obesity groups (p<0.05). All groups were similar regarding the DMFT /DEF and CPI codes from 0 to 4 (p>0.05). All groups showed higher averages of CPI 0 in comparison with other CPI codes from 1 to 4 (p<0.05), and most of the children showed sites with probing depth <3.5 mm and without bleeding on probing. Conclusion: There was no relationship between body weight and the occurrence of dental caries and periodontal disease in the studied population. Obesity and overweight showed no negative influence on the increase in the prevalence of these diseases.

Correlation Between Body Mass Index and Dental Caries Among Three- to 12-Year-Old Schoolchildren in India: A Cross-Sectional Study

“…In our study, there is no difference in caries experience between normal weight and overweight children. This finding is consistent with studies done by Tuomi [23], Chen et al [24], Moreira et al [7], and Assi et al [25].…”

Oral Hygiene Status and Gingivitis in Overweight and Obese Children

“…In this study 5% of all children were identified as underweight, 66.5% as normal weight, 17.7% as overweight and 10.8% as obese, which corresponds to the results of the National Representative Study on the prevalence of overweight and obese children in Bulgaria. 6 The current investigation demonstrated a nonsignificant correlation between body weight and periodontal health, which coincides with much other research on this topic [13][14][15] but conflicts with others. Sfasciotti G et al in a cross-sectional study among 100 children of 7-12 years old found out that a full-mouth plaque score value equal to 21.86% was observed in the group of non-obese patients against 50.08% in the group of overweight/obese patients.…”

Correlation of Body Mass Index to Oral Hygiene and Dental Caries in School Students

“…The BMI is often used to calculate the nutritional status of the individual. [ 1 2 3 4 5 ] The obesity has been increasingly reported among the school children these days due to the closure of the live classes due to COVID and the absence of physical activity. In our study, we evaluated the OH, DC, for the various BMI categories.…”

“…Our observations are similar to the previous studies. [ 2 3 4 5 6 7 ] Compared to the western countries the food habits vary in India as majority are vegetarians and the nutritional levels are satisfactory. The DC has been noted higher in previous research among the obese subjects, as is in our study.…”

“…The oral health is also a factor that has been shown as an index of good health. [ 3 4 5 ] There are very few studies to establish the association of the BMI and the OH, DC. [ 2 3 4 5 6 7 ] Hence, in our study we aim to evaluate the association of the BMI to the oral hygiene (OH) and DC, in the school pupils.…”