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Dental caries and anthropometrics of children living in an informal floating Amazonian community: a cross-sectional pilot study.

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dc.contributor.author Seminario, Ana Lucia
dc.contributor.author Alpert, Elizabeth
dc.contributor.author Bernabe, Eduardo
dc.contributor.author Liu, Jennifer
dc.contributor.author Andrews, Leann
dc.contributor.author Alarcon, Jorge A.
dc.contributor.author Echevarria Chong, Mauro Milko
dc.contributor.author Zunt, Joseph
dc.date.accessioned 2022-03-23T16:54:20Z
dc.date.available 2022-03-23T16:54:20Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/11468
dc.description.abstract Aims: Increasing evidence supports a relationship between poor oral health and growth in children. Our objective was to assess the association between the presence of dental caries and anthropometric measurements of children residing in Claverito, a floating slum community in the Peruvian Amazon. Methods: For this cross-sectional study, presence of caries was assessed using dmft/DMFT (decayed, missing, filled teeth) scores and the SiC Index (mean dmft/DMFT of one-third of the study group with the highest caries score). Anthropometric categories for age-sex-specific z-scores for height and weight were calculated based on WHO standardized procedures and definitions. The association between SiC (measured by dmft/DMFT) and anthropometric measures was estimated using unadjusted and adjusted multivariable linear regression models. Critical value was established at 5%. Results: Our study population consisted of 67 children between the ages of 1 and 18 years old. Mean age was 9.5 years old (SD: 4.5), and the majority were female (52.2%). Almost all had dental caries (97.0%) and the mean dmft/DMFT score was 7.2 (SD: 4.7). The SiC Index of this population was 9.0. After adjusting for confounding variables, participants who had permanent dentition with the highest dmft/DMFT levels had statistically significant decreased height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) (p=0.04). Conclusions: We found an inverse linear association between SiC Index and height-for-age z-scores (HAZ) among children living in poverty in a floating Amazonian community in Peru. Children from under-resourced communities, like floating slums, are at high risk for oral disease possibly negatively impacting their growth and development. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher Fundação Odontológica de Ribeirão Preto
dc.relation.ispartofseries Brazilian Dental Journal
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Oral health en_US
dc.subject dental caries en_US
dc.subject pediatrics en_US
dc.subject growth en_US
dc.subject floating communities en_US
dc.title Dental caries and anthropometrics of children living in an informal floating Amazonian community: a cross-sectional pilot study. en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-6440202204310
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.14
dc.relation.issn 1806-4760


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