Impact of Intelligence Quotient (IQ) on Dental Caries amongst Socially Handicapped Orphan Children and Children Living with Their Parents
2022; Volume: 15; Issue: S2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.5005/jp-journals-10005-2164
ISSN0975-1904
AutoresBiswaroop Chandra, Sunita Agarwalla, Arnab Santra, Gautam Kumar Kundu,
Tópico(s)Pediatric health and respiratory diseases
ResumoTo evaluate the IQ and dental caries status of socially deprived orphan children and compare with children living with their parents.For comparison, 100 children in age-group 7-11 years, were divided in two groups: 50 orphanage children (orphanage-group) and 50 school-going children living with their families were included (home group). Raven's colored progressive matrices test was used to record the intelligence quotient (IQ) and dental caries status of children was recorded using dmft Index.There was statistically significant difference between children with different levels of IQ for both the groups. However, the majority of children who belong to below average IQ score had higher dental caries.Children with better IQ had less dental caries. There was no difference in IQ and DMFT/dmft score between both the genders. The overall DMFT/dmft was high in children living with their parents when compared to orphanage children.Agarwalla S. The Impact of Intelligence Quotient (IQ) on Dental Caries amongst Socially Handicapped Orphan Children and Children Living with Their Parents. Int J Clin Pediatr Dent 2022;15(S-2):S230-S233.
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