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Caries and obesity in 6 year-old schoolchildren from the Metropolitan region (MR) of Santiago, Chile

2012; Editora da Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (EDIPUCRS); Volume: 27; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s1980-65232012000200005

1980-6523

Ismael Yévenes L, Gisela Zillmann G, Andrea Muñoz M, Viviana Mieres Araya, Lorena Coronado, José Manríquez U, Fabiola Werlinger C, Paula Maass W, Renata Quintana B.,

Dental Erosion and Treatment

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 ≥95 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.