Association between Body Mass Index and Dental Caries among Preschool and School Children in Upper Egypt and Potential Role of Family and Demographic Variables on the Association

Mohamed, Ahmed Bastawy; Fathy, Aya; Altieb, Altieb Abd Al Razek

doi:10.21608/aadj.2023.326285

Association between Body Mass Index and Dental Caries among Preschool and School Children in Upper Egypt and Potential Role of Family and Demographic Variables on the Association

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, faculty of oral and dental medicine south valley university,

² Department of Pediatric Dentistry and Dental Public Health, faculty of oral and dental medicine south valley university,

³ Department of oral maxillofacial surgery, faculty of oral and dental medicine . South Valley University

10.21608/aadj.2023.326285

Abstract

Aim: To analyze and report the type of relation present between dental caries
and body mass index (BMI)-for-age among schoolchildren in south valley region of
Arab Republic of Egypt.. Subjects and methods: We conducted a cross-sectional
observational study of 262 aged three to 15 years with clinically recorded dental
caries. The World Health Organization diagnostic criteria for BMI percentile was
used to evaluate and record dental caries clinically. The obtained results were plotted
on age- and gender-specific percentile curves by the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention and categorized accordingly. Results: Data were fed to the computer and
analyzed using IBM SPSS software package version 20.0. The mean dmft and DMFT
for the whole sample were (2.5 ± 2.1 and 1.2± 1.4) respectively Conclusion: This study
showed that unhealthy family functioning was associated with dental caries among
young children. Family functioning partly explained the relationship between family
SES and childhood dental caries

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