Association of Dental Caries With BMI, Nutritional Status and Mother’s Knowledge About Oral Hygiene Status Among 6 To 14 Years Old School Going Children inNamakkal District.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 2
Abstract
Dental Caries remains a major threat because food habits, lifestyle and mother’s knowledge play a vital role in caries occurrence. This study is conducted to correlate the association of dental caries with BMI, nutritional status and mother’s knowledge about oral hygiene status of children. Study was conducted among 519 children of 6 to 14 years in Namakkal district. Dental caries in both primary and permanent dentition, BMI, sociodemographic factors, were calibrated and mother’s knowledge regarding the oral hygiene of children was assessed by 20 questionnaire & data statistically evaluated. Results have shown that there was a positive correlation between DMFT with age (p=0.0000) and no association of dental caries with BMI [dmft vs BMI (p=0.527), DMFT vs BMI (P=0.956)] and nutritional status [ dmft vs nutritional status (p=0.189), DMFT vs nutritional status (p=0.977)]. Results of this study do not support an association of dental caries with BMI and nutritional status.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr. Arumugasamy Niranjana, Dr. S. Vinodh, Dr. V. Mahesh Mathian, Dr. M. Manoharan, Dr. Patil Disha, Dr. R. Raj kumar
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