The oral health and body development between the vegetarian and non-vegetarian preschool children in Kaohsiung city
| Autor: | Chuan-Yu Kao, 高銓佑 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 97 Conclusion: In recent years, the population of vegetarian is get more and more. However, the research of their oral condition is fewer. Our research objection focus on the preschool children who is vegetarian. And we not only invest their primary dentition condition including decay, missing, filling and dmft index, but also their body growth development. Besides, we analyze these factors which might cause influence on their oral condition. Material and Methods : Our study focused on vegetarian preschool children aged from three to six years of the kindergarten in Kaohsiung city. Besides, we also set a contrast group who are also preschool children without vegetarian habit. We examined those children’s oral condition, and recorded their height and weight, and combine using a questionnaire of food intake to analyze the relationship. Result : One hundred and thirty children participated in our study, including 62 vegetarians (47.69%) and 68 non-vegetarians (52.31%). There was significant difference between vegetarians and non-vegetarians with regard to mean primary decay and dmft index, but no significant difference between them about their height, weight and BMI. We also found that the both vegetarian and non-vegetarian children whose parents with higher education level had fewer caries. Besides, the those vegetarian children had sweet food like cake fewer than those non-vegetarian children. Among our study objections, their dmft index did not correlate with their height, weight and BMI significantly. Conclusion: These 3-6 year preschool vegetarian and non-vegetarian children in Kaohsiung have significant difference in mean number of primary tooth caries and the dmft index, but no difference in the mean height and weight and BMI. Although, the vegetarian children had fewer dmft index and primary caries than the non-vegetarian children. However, this situation might be correlated with their diet habits, especially in intake frequency in sugar food. |
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