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Article

Association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Dental Caries among 6–12-Year-Old School Children

by
Sunil Babu Kotha
1,2,*,
Shayma Abdulaziz Terkawi
1,
Sarah Ali Mubaraki
1,
Abdulrahman Dahham Al Saffan
3,
Sree Lalita Kotha
4 and
Sreekanth Kumar Mallineni
5,6,*
1
Preventive Dentistry Department, Pediatric Dentistry Division, College of Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh 13244, Saudi Arabia
2
Department of Pediatric and Preventive Dentistry, Sharad Pawar Dental College and Hospital, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences, Wardha 442004, Maharashtra, India
3
Public Health Dentistry Division, Preventive Dentistry Department, College of Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh 13244, Saudi Arabia
4
Department of Basic Dental Sciences, College of Dentistry, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh 11671, Saudi Arabia
5
Department of Preventive Science, College of Dentistry, Majmaah University, Almajmaah 11952, Saudi Arabia
6
Center for Transdisciplinary Research (CFTR), Saveetha Dental College, Saveetha Institute of Medical and Technical Sciences, Saveetha University, Chennai 600077, Tamilnadu, India
*
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Children 2022, 9(5), 608; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050608
Submission received: 20 February 2022 / Revised: 22 April 2022 / Accepted: 23 April 2022 / Published: 25 April 2022
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Pediatric Oral Health)
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Abstract

This study aimed to identify the association between BMI and dental caries in 6–12-year-old children. This cross-sectional study was carried out among 6–12-year-old school children and their parents. The data on Body Mass Index (BMI) and dental caries for study participants were included in the study. The association between BMI and dental caries was evaluated using SPSS software. The study comprises 400 school children (157 boys and 243 girls) aged an average of 8.9 years. The overall prevalence of dental caries was 84% in primary dentition and 75% in permanent dentition, with a mean DMFT and dmft (decayed, missing and filled teeth) of 2.85 and 5.48, respectively. There was a significant association witnessed between mothers’ education and BMI status. A significant association was also evident between decayed (d), missing (m) and filled (f) teeth and overall dmft with different BMI categories (p < 0.05). There was no significant association evident between DMFT and each category of BMI (p > 0.05). The dmft and DMFT within the four BMI categories by one-way ANOVA were highly significant (p < 0.001). Post hoc analysis helped us identify the relationship among the various categories of BMI with dental caries. There was a positive association evident between the BMI of the children and dental caries.
Keywords: body mass index; children; dental caries; decayed body mass index; children; dental caries; decayed

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Kotha, S.B.; Terkawi, S.A.; Mubaraki, S.A.; Saffan, A.D.A.; Kotha, S.L.; Mallineni, S.K. Association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Dental Caries among 6–12-Year-Old School Children. Children 2022, 9, 608. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050608

AMA Style

Kotha SB, Terkawi SA, Mubaraki SA, Saffan ADA, Kotha SL, Mallineni SK. Association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Dental Caries among 6–12-Year-Old School Children. Children. 2022; 9(5):608. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050608

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Kotha, Sunil Babu, Shayma Abdulaziz Terkawi, Sarah Ali Mubaraki, Abdulrahman Dahham Al Saffan, Sree Lalita Kotha, and Sreekanth Kumar Mallineni. 2022. "Association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Dental Caries among 6–12-Year-Old School Children" Children 9, no. 5: 608. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050608

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Kotha, S. B., Terkawi, S. A., Mubaraki, S. A., Saffan, A. D. A., Kotha, S. L., & Mallineni, S. K. (2022). Association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and Dental Caries among 6–12-Year-Old School Children. Children, 9(5), 608. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9050608

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