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Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Narayana Dental College, Chintareddypalem, Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India.
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ABSTRACT
Article History :
Received : 20 July 2010
Received in revised form : 27 July 2010
Accepted : 7 August 2010
AIM : The purpose of this study was to find whether any correlation exists
between dental caries and body mass index.
Key Words :
Body Mass Index,
Dental Caries.
MATERIALS AND METHOD : Height and weight of 100 patients were taken
and body mass index was calculated and oral examination was carried out to
find any correlation with dental caries.
RESULTS : The results showed that no statistically significant values were
obtained for BMI and dental caries (Chi square=8.030), similarly for BMI and
socioeconomic status (Chi square=6.704) and also for socioeconomic status and
dental caries (Chi square=1.103).
CONCLUSION: More factors other than the BMI, Socioeconomic status are
involved in the prevalence of caries.
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INTRODUCTION :
Dental caries is an increasing public health problem
worldwide. Incidence of dental caries is on the rise inspite
of best efforts by dental health professionals to reduce its
incidence. Because of the increasing trend of sedentary
lifestyle and indulgence in consumption of JUNK food
overweight and obesity are on rise. Overweight and obese
people are at increased risk of developing medical and
psychological problems. High sugar intake is reported to
be more common among overweight and obese children
than those with normal weights. Frequent sugar intake is
also recognized risk factor for dental caries. Thus the eating
pattern among overweight or obese children may be a risk
factor in common for caries and overweight 1. The
documentation of such relationship is sparse and seemingly
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Lower class
Middle class.
High class.
RESULTS :
Data collected was statistically analyzed using SPSS
16.0 software.
Parameters like BMI, Decay were categorized and the
results were found insignificant for all the pairs of
combinations i.e,
TABLE1.
DECAY_CODE
3 TO 5
6 TO 7
Total
LESS
THAN 14
15
23
CODE
14 - 17
52
11
66
GREATER
THAN 14
11
27
24
100
Chisquare =
8.030NS
Total
TABLE2:
SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS
Total
ECONOMIC status
UPC
LC
LMC
LESS
THAN
14
BMICODE
15
23
14 - 17
25
16
25
66
GREATER
THAN 14
11
34
23
43
100
Chisquare=
6.704NS
Total
TABLE 3:
SOCIO
(Table -2)
Chisquare=
1.103NS
0 TO 2
BMI
DECAY_CODE
BMICODE *
DECAY_CODE
Total
0 TO 2
3 TO 5
6 TO 7
UPC
25
34
LC
18
23
LMC
29
12
43
72
24
100
Total
DISCUSSION :
In a study which compared the relation between body
mass index and S-ECC found that BMI percentile was
not correlated with dmft or the number of pulp-involved
teeth, even after adjusting for confounding factors6. A
study found that adolescents with overweight and obesity
had significantly higher approximal caries prevalence than
those of normal weight7. In a study by Brita Willerhausen
et al showed that a significant association exists between
high weight and caries frequency in the first dentition
(p=0.0067) and in the permanent dentition (p=0.0002)2.
Gerdin EW et al from their study in 2303 Swedish
children found that association of overweight and dental
caries is weak8.
CONCLUSION :
Hence from this study it can be seen that Body Mass
Index cannot be used to correlate dental caries and the
weight of the child as the degree of significance is very
less. Other factors do have a role to play in the caries
process. More longitudinal studies with higher sample
size are needed to confirm this association.
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