Open AccessAssociation between Dental Caries and Body Mass Index-For-Age among 6-11-Year-Old Children in Isfahan in 2007.
Author(s) -
Mostafa Sadeghi,
Farnosh Alizadeh
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
pubmed
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2008-210X
DOI - 10.5681/joddd.2007.021
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , body mass index , obesity , dentistry , childhood obesity
Childhood obesity has been associated with high refined sugar intake. The relationship between sucrose intake and development of dental caries has been established. The aim of this study was to determine the association between age-specific body mass index (BMI-for-age) and dental caries in children.
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