%0 Journal Article
%T Caries and obesity in 6 year-old schoolchildren from the Metropolitan region (MR) of Santiago, Chile
%A L
%A Ismael Y¨¦venes
%A G
%A Gisela Zillmann
%A M
%A Andrea Mu£¿oz
%A Araya
%A Viviana Mieres
%A V
%A Lorena Coronado
%A U
%A Jos¨¦ Manr¨ªquez
%A C
%A Fabiola Werlinger
%A W
%A Paula Maass
%A B
%A Renata Quintana
%J Revista Odonto Ci¨ºncia
%D 2012
%I Scientific Electronic Library Online
%R 10.1590/S1980-65232012000200005
%X purpose: dental caries and obesity are multifactorial diseases of high prevalence in chilean child population, and both are preventable from early age. they share association with diet habits and socio-cultural determinants. the objective of this study was to determine the coexistence between caries and obesity in 6 year-old schoolchildren from the metropolitan region of santiago, chile. methods: a sample was composed by 571 6 year-old schoolchildren from the fluoridated communes of the metropolitan region of santiago, chile, in 2004-2005. caries diagnosis was performed by using the who criteria for epidemiological studies. nutritional diagnosis was carried out according to bmi/age and sex in relation to cdc-nchs curves, considering obese children with a ¡İ95 percentile. socioeconomic level (sel) and sex were recorded. results: no statistically significant difference was found between caries history and nutritional status (ns) (p=0.837), in both primary and permanent dentition (p=0.306).there was no risk association (or 0.88; ic 0.60-1.28; 95%). overweight children had less caries prevalence and history than normal weight and obese children. no relationship was found at the multivariate analysis between ns, sel and caries occurrence. conclusion: obesity is not related to dental caries in this sample. overweight children had less caries prevalence and severity.
%K dental caries
%K obesity
%K nutritional status.
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