Evaluating a linkage between obesity and the occurrence of dental caries among school going children in Sakaka, Al Jouf, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

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Osama Khattak¹  Azhar Iqbal¹  Farooq Ahmad Chaudhary²  Jamaluddin Syed³  Thani Alsharari⁵  Sudhakar Vundavalli⁶  Bayan Abdullah Sadiq Aljahdali⁷  Ahmed Eidan Abdullah AlZahrani⁷  Rakhi Issrani⁶  Sherif Elsayed Sultan⁸ 

[1] Department of Restorative Dentistry, Jouf University;School of Dentistry ,(SOD), Federal Medical Teaching Institution ,(FMTI)/PIMS, Shaheed Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Medical University;Oral Basic Clinical Sciences Department, Faculty of Dentistry, King AbdulAziz University;Department of Regenerative Dentistry, University of Bari;Restorative and Dental Materials Department, Faculty of Dentistry, Taif University;Department of Preventive Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Jouf University;General Dentist;Department of Fixed Prosthodontics, Tanta University;Department of Prosthetic Dentistry, Jouf University

关键词: Body mass index;    Dental caries;    Children;    Diet;    Obesity;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.13582

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

BackgroundObesity and dental caries are global public health problems. There are conflicting reports about the relationship between caries and obesity. The aim of this study was to analyze the type of relationship between the dental caries and obesity among school children in Al-Jouf region of Saudi Arabia.MethodsThis cross-sectional study was conducted among 400 participants aged 6 to 14 years. The study involved measuring caries (dmft/DMFT), assessing body mass index (BMI), and administering a self-completion questionnaire. An independent t-test, one-way ANOVA, and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed.ResultsOut of 400 participants, 380 agreed to participate in the study. Overall caries prevalence among the participants was 76.1% and mean DMFT and dmft values were 2.8 ± 1.0 and 3.7 ± 1.6. Among the factors associated with mean caries scores, relation between DMFT scores and frequency of consumption of sugar was statistically significant (F = 3.82,0.01). Regression models has identified children with increased BMI values has 3.2 times more risk of getting dental caries in permanent teeth (P = 0.001).ConclusionThere was a positive association between obesity and dental caries in school going Saudi Arabian children. Comprehensive multidisciplinary approach by health professionals is recommended for preventive public health issues related to caries and obesity in teenagers.

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