ArticleBMC pediatrics2016
Higher body mass index associated with severe early childhood caries.
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A Randomized Clinical Trial of Silver Diamine Fluoride to Arrest Early Childhood Caries in Young Children
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Observational Study Regarding the Relationship between Nutritional Status, Dental Caries, Mutans Streptococci, and Lactobacillus Bacterial Colonies.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Observational
- Association of Dental Caries and Anthropometric Measures among Primary School Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Associations between early childhood caries, malnutrition and anemia: a global perspective.BMC nutrition · 2020Article
- Association between early childhood caries and malnutrition in a sub-urban population in Nigeria.BMC pediatrics · 2019Article
- The Burden of Early Childhood Caries in Canadian Children and Associated Risk Factors.Frontiers in public health · 2019Review
- Association between Dental Caries and Obesity in Children and Young People: A Narrative Review.International journal of dentistry · 2019Review
- Combined deficiencies of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and anemia in preschool children with severe early childhood caries: A case-control study.Paediatrics & child health · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundSevere Early Childhood Caries (S-ECC) is an aggressive form of tooth decay in preschool children affecting quality of life and nutritional status. The purpose was to determine whether there is an association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and S-ECC.
methodsChildren with S-ECC were recruited on the day of their slated dental surgery under general anesthesia. Age-matched, caries-free controls were recruited from the community. All children were participating in a larger study on nutrition and S-ECC. Analysis was restricted to children ≥ 24 months of age. Parents completed a questionnaire and heights and weights were recorded. BMI scores and age and gender adjusted BMI z-scores and percentiles were calculated. A p-value ≤ 0.05 was significant.
resultsTwo hundred thirty-five children were included (141 with S-ECC and 94 caries-free). The mean age was 43.3 ± 12.8 months and 50.2 % were male. Overall, 34.4 % of participants were overweight or obese. Significantly more children with S-ECC were classified as overweight or obese when compared to caries-free children (p = 0.038) and had significantly higher mean BMI z-scores than caries-free children (0.78 ± 1.26 vs. 0.22 ± 1.36, p = 0.002). Those with S-ECC also had significantly higher BMI percentiles (69.0 % ± 29.2 vs. 56.8 % ± 31.7, p = 0.003). Multiple linear regression analyses revealed that BMI z-scores were significantly and independently associated with S-ECC and annual household income as were BMI percentiles.
conclusionsChildren with S-ECC in our sample had significantly higher BMI z-scores than caries-free peers.
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