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Association between soft drink consumption, gastric reflux, dental erosion, and obesity among special care children
Author(s) -
Basha Sakeenabi,
Enan Enas Tawfik,
Mohamed Roshan Noor,
Ashour Amal Adnan,
Alzahrani Fatma Salem,
Almutairi Nada Eid
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
special care in dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.328
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1754-4505
pISSN - 0275-1879
DOI - 10.1111/scd.12443
Subject(s) - medicine , odds ratio , obesity , body mass index , logistic regression , confidence interval , reflux , demography , dentistry , disease , sociology
Objectives This study assessed the association between soft drink consumption, gastric reflux, dental erosion, and obesity among special care children. Materials and methods A total of 350 special care children (male‐131, female‐219) mean age of 12.6 (± 2.6) years were included. Detection of dental erosion was performed according to the World Health Organization criteria. The medical evaluation assessed body mass index (BMI). With appropriate sample weighting, relationships between dental erosion prevalence and obesity were assessed using multivariable logistic regression. Results Overall prevalence of dental erosion was 36%. Mean BMI for entire study population was 24.7 (± 7.8). Regression analysis showed strong association between dental erosion prevalence and consumption of soft drinks (adjusted odds ratio = 1.8; 95% CI = 0.71‐2.92, P < .05), bulimia (adjusted odds ratio = 2.27; 95% CI = 0.99‐4.28, P < .001), and gastric reflux (adjusted odds ratio = 2.24; 95% CI = 0.82‐4.1, P < .001). Bivariate analysis showed high prevalence of dental erosion among obese children compared to children with normal weight ( P = .04). Conclusion The present study demonstrated a significant association between dental erosion prevalence and consumption of soft drinks and gastric reflux among special care children.