Volume : VII, Issue : VIII, August - 2018

Dental caries and body mass index in children.

Disha Bhatia, Deven Patel

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Aim – The purpose of this study is to find whether any correlation exists between dental caries and body mass index.

Materials and Method – 80 Patients were divided into two groups. Group A with no caries or mild caries and Group B with moderate or severe caries after oral examination. Height and weight of the patients were taken and body mass index was calculated.

Results– The results show that patients in group B were slightly underweight than patients in group A. Statistically no significant values were obtained for BMI and dental caries.

Conclusion – More factors are involved in prevalence of caries and malnutrition in children.BMI cannot be used as a sole tool to correlate dental caries and nutritional status of the child as the degree of significance is very less.

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Disha Bhatia, Deven Patel, Dental caries and body mass index in children., INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-7 | Issue-8 | August-2018

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