Correlation between BMI and Prevalence of Dental Caries in 6-12 year old school going children in Ghaziabad District.
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences (IOSR-JDMS) - Year 2019, Vol 18, Issue 3
Abstract
Dental caries is a multifactorial disease with irregular dietary pattern being one of the major causative factors. Also it has been established that there is a direct link between obesity, malnourishment and irregular diet pattern and quality of the diet. It can be hypothesized that physical status (as per BMI) is related to occurrence of dental caries in an individual. The aim of this study is to establish correlation between prevalence of dental caries and body mass index in 6-12 year old school going children in Ghaziabad district. A sample of 400 school going children in the age group of 6 – 12 years were randomly selected from different schools. Body weight and height were measured and BMI was calculated. On the basis of BMI, children were categorized as normal, malnourished or obese. DMFT index was calculated and the data was statistically analyzed. Correlation analysis showed BMI had a negative correlation with DMFT (p < 0.01). Body mass index did not reveal any significant association with prevalence of caries in 6 to 12-year-old school children of Ghaziabad district. The relationship between dental caries and physical status should be further explored by longitudinal studies as they both have common risk determinants.
Authors and Affiliations
Ankita Sharma, Rishabh Kapoor, Kapil Gandhi, Ritika Malhotra
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