Association between dental caries, nutritional status and socioeconomic status in a group of Egyptian children aged 6-12 years | ||||
| مجلة الدراسات الأفريقية | ||||
| Volume 44, Issue 1 - Serial Number 51, January 2022, Page 259-278 PDF (1.24 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Research Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/mafs.2022.241214 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| يمنى احمد درويش* 1; نانسي أحمد فخري خطاب2; محمد أبو اليزيد* 3; نيره المرسي حسن* 4; تامر جاد راشد5 | ||||
| 1Assistant Researcher, Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry Department, Oral and Dental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
| 22 Prof. of Dental Anthropology, Anthropology Department, Faculty of African Postgraduate Studies, Cairo University, Egypt. | ||||
| 33 Prof. of Pediatric Dentistry, Head of Orthodontics and Pediatric Dentistry Department, Oral and Dental Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
| 4Prof. of Biological Anthropology, Head of Biological Anthropology Department, Medical Research Division, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt. | ||||
| 5Lecturer of Biological Anthropology, Anthropology Department, Faculty of African Postgraduate Studies, Cairo University, Egypt. | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Tooth decay as a significant but preventable public health priority continues to be a common disease in developing countries, including Egypt. The aim of this study was to evaluate the correlation between caries, body mass index (BMI) and socioeconomic factors (SES) among Egyptian children. Methods: This cross sectional study conducted in Cairo Egypt, the sample consisted of 750 primary school children aged 6-12 years, oral examination was done according to WHO criteria, weight and height was obtained. Results: dental caries was highest in normal weight and lowest in severe thin, and was highest in high socioeconomic status and lowest in low socioeconomic status. Conclusion: there was insignificant correlation between dental caries and BMI, socioeconomic status. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| dental caries; nutritional status; socioeconomic status | ||||
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