| Autor: |
Angela Xavier, Roosevelt Da Silva Bastos, Aline Megumi Arakawa, Magali De Lourdes Caldana, José Roberto De Magalhães Bastos |
| Jazyk: |
English<br />Portuguese |
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| Zdroj: |
Revista de Odontologia da UNESP, Vol 42, Iss 5, Pp 378-383 |
| Druh dokumentu: |
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| ISSN: |
1807-2577 |
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INTRODUCTION: Dental caries and nutritional status in children in preschool age are serious public health problems, with multifactorial etiology, with diet as a common risk factor. OBJECTIVE: This cross-sectional study assessed the relationship between dental caries and nutritional status of preschool children attending public schools in a city in the State of Sao Paulo. MATERIAL AND METHOD: The study population was comprised of 3-5 year-old preschool children (n = 229) attending public schools, in which dmft (decay, missing, filled, teeth) was used for dental caries assessment and Body Mass Index (BMI) was used for nutritional status in accordance with the recommendations of the World Health Organization. Statistical analysis was performed in a descriptive way through absolute and relative frequencies and Spearman Correlation test and Kruskal Wallis (P |
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