Prevalence of Dental Caries in relation to Body Mass Index, Daily Sugar Intake, and Oral Hygiene Status in 12-Year-Old School Children in Mathura City: A Pilot Study

Abstract

Aim. To correlate the prevalence of dental caries to body mass index, daily sugar intake, and oral hygiene status of 12-year-old school children of Mathura city. Material and Methods. The study design was cross-sectional and included 100 school children aged 12 years (n = 50 boys and n = 50 girls) who were randomly selected from two schools based upon inclusion and exclusion criteria. Body weight/height was recorded and BMI was calculated and plotted on CDC-BMI for age growth charts/curves for boys and girls to obtain percentile ranking. Dental caries was recorded using WHO criteria. Oral hygiene status of the study subjects was assessed using oral hygiene index-simplified. Data regarding the daily sugar intake was recorded using 24-hour recall diet frequency chart. The data obtained was analysed using SPSS version 11.5 for windows. Result. Only 27 subjects were affected by caries. The mean DMFT/dmft was 0.37 ± 0.79 and 0.12 ± 0.60, respectively. Statistical analysis by means of a logistic regression model revealed that only oral hygiene status had a significant effect on caries prevalence (OR = 5.061, P = 0.004), whereas daily sugar intake and body mass index had no significant effect. Conclusion. From the analysis, it was concluded that oral hygiene status had a significant effect on caries prevalence of 12-year-old school children of Mathura city.

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“…42 However, the results of studies on the relationship between metabolic syndrome or obesity and the prevalence of caries in children and adolescents are ambiguous. The studies by Gupta et al, 43 Tong et al, 44 Yen and Hu, 45 and Hilt and Daszkowska 46 demonstrated no correlation between the occurrence of caries and obesity, which is confirmed by the meta-analysis of data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III and NHANES 1999-2002). 47 Hilt and Daszkowska even found that in the group of adolescents with high BMI, the percentage of people free from caries was higher than in the group of teenagers with normal body weight.…”

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