Association between nutritional status and early childhood caries in Indian children

Krishna, H V N Sai; Manaswini, E; Kumar, Vijay Y; Bellamkonda, Pavani; Bhargava, Anurag; Jaidupally, Ramvilas Reddy

doi:10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_25_17

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“…[1][2][3] Nutrition is necessary for the normal growth and development of children and teenagers. 4,5 The association between nutrition/ diet and many systemic diseases during childhood, 6,7 as well as the association with oral health, [8][9][10] have been widely investigate by many in researchers. [11][12][13][14][15][16][17] Caries and gingivitis are oral diseases that commonly affect children worldwide.…”

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“…[11][12][13][14] The common causative relation between oral health and nutritional status deviations has sparked the interest of many researchers. 5,[15][16][17] Several studies worldwide have already shown that caries is associated with nutritional status, such as malnourished, overweight, and obesity. [18][19][20][21][22] However, the results of studies are inconclusive, as found in many systematic reviews performed in the past decade.…”

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“…11-14 The common causative relation between oral health and nutritional status deviations has sparked the interest of many researchers. 5,15-17…”

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Assessing the Association Between Nutritional Status, Caries, and Gingivitis in Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Madalena

et al. 2021

Global Pediatric Health

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Objective. To evaluate if nutritional status is associated with caries and gingivitis in Brazilian schoolchildren. Material and methods. Children of both genders, age ranging from 8 to 11 years old, were included in this study. Caries was diagnosed using ICDAS (International System for Detection and Assessment of Carious Lesions) and gingivitis was diagnosed using the Community Periodontal Index. The nutritional status of each child was defined by BMI Z-score calculation. Data on oral health behavior and dietary habit were collected through parent’s questionnaires. Parametric analyzes were performed to compare the groups. The established alpha was 5%. Results. The sample consisted of 353 schoolchildren: 16 underweight children, 247 eutrophic children, 64 overweight children, and 26 were obese children. Overweight, Obese and Overweight + Obese children presented less cavitated caries lesion than Eutrophic children ( P < .05). Gingivitis was not associated with nutritional status ( P > .05). Conclusion. Caries was associated with overweight and obesity in Brazilian schoolchildren.

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Assessing the Association Between Nutritional Status, Caries, and Gingivitis in Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Madalena

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Association between nutritional status and early childhood caries risk profile in a suburban Nigeria community

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Oginni²,

Tantawi

et al. 2020

Int J Paed Dentistry

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Malnutrition may be a risk factor for early childhood caries (ECC) for several reasons. A plausible biological link between the two conditions is through salivary gland hypo-function: Malnutrition causes decreased flow of saliva, reduces salivary buffering capacity, and changes the composition of the saliva constituents. 1 Nutritional status and ECC also share behavioural risk factors related to poor dietary habits and food choices. Overweight/obesity and ECC result from high consumption of free sugar. 2-4 Wasting and stunting are forms of protein-energy malnutrition associated with the risk of developing enamel defects, increase in plaque accumulation, and caries. 5 Malnutrition and ECC are also the results of social equity problems; both are

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Association between early childhood caries and malnutrition in a sub-urban population in Nigeria

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BackgroundTo determine the association between malnutrition and early childhood caries (ECC) in children resident in sub-urban, Nigeria.MethodsThis study was a subset of a larger cross-sectional study the data of which was generated through a household survey conducted in Ile-Ife, Nigeria. The study’s explanatory variable was malnutrition (underweight, overweight, wasting and stunting) and the outcome variable was ECC. Poisson regression analysis was used to determine the association between ECC and malnutrition. Variables (sex, frequency of sugar consumption, maternal knowledge of oral hygiene, oral hygiene status) associated with ECC in the primary study were adjusted for to obtain the adjusted prevalence ratio (APR).ResultsOf the 370 children, 20 (5.41%) were underweight, 20 (5.41%) were overweight, 67 (18.11%) were wasting, 120 (32.43%) were stunted and 18 (4.86%) had ECC. Factors associated with ECC were being stunted, underweight, overweight and fair oral hygiene. The prevalence of ECC was lower in children who were stunted (APR: 0.14; 95% CI: 0.03–0.69; p = 0.02), almost seven times higher in children who were overweight (APR: 6.88; 95% CI: 1.83–25.85; p < 0.001), and predictively absent in children who were underweight (APR: 0; 95% CI: 0–0; p < 0.001) when compared with children who had normal weight. Non-significant risk indicators for ECC included consuming sugar between meals three times a day or more, having low socioeconomic status and being female.ConclusionsFor this study population, the indicators of malnutrition – being stunted, underweight, overweight - and fair oral hygiene were risk indicators for ECC. The frequency of sugar consumption was not a significant risk indicator when malnutrition was included as an explanatory variable for ECC in the study population.

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Association between nutritional status and early childhood caries in Indian children

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Assessing the Association Between Nutritional Status, Caries, and Gingivitis in Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study

Assessing the Association Between Nutritional Status, Caries, and Gingivitis in Schoolchildren: A Cross-Sectional Study

Association between nutritional status and early childhood caries risk profile in a suburban Nigeria community

Association between early childhood caries and malnutrition in a sub-urban population in Nigeria

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