Community Dental Health

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Cover Date:
December 2006
Print ISSN:
0265 539X
Vol:
23
Issue:
4

Prevalence of dental caries in obese and normal-weight Brazilian adolescents attending state and private schools.

Objective: To measure the association between dental caries and obesity in adolescents aged 12 to 15 years attending state and private schools. Basic research design: Cross-sectional study. Research setting: State and private schools in the state of Paraíba, Brazil. Participants: 1,665 obese and 1,665 normal-weight adolescents. Main outcome measures: These were chosen by means of an anthropometric study using height/age and weight/height indices, adopting as baseline the National Center for Health Statistics indices. The diagnostic criteria for caries were those of the World Health Organization (1997). Results: The average DMFT for obese adolescents from state schools was 4.27 and for those of normal weight it was 4.25 (p = 0.7802). In private schools, the corresponding figures were 1.90 and 1.91, respectively (p = 0.1151). In state schools, the caries prevalence amongst the obese group was 50.9% and amongst those of normal weight, 52.4% {p = 0.5393). In private schools, it was 9.0% amongst the obese group and 9.6% amongst those of normal weight {p = 0.6790). Conclusions: There was no statistically significant association between dental caries and obesity. Caries levels were higher amongst adolescents attending state schools.

Key words: dental caries, obesity, prevalence

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Page Start
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253
Authors
Patrícia Vasconcelos Leitão Moreira, Aronita Rosenblatt, Aquilina Maria Ribeiro Severo

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