Association between childhood obesity and oral hygiene status

• Published in: Nutrición hospitalaria : organo oficial de la Sociedad Española de Nutrición Parenteral y Enteral Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 253 - 259
• Main Authors: Ferraz, Eduardo Gomes, Silva, Luciana Rodrigues, Sarmento, Viviane Almeida, Campos, Elisângela de Jesus, de Oliveira, Thaís Feitosa Leitão, Magalhães, Juliana Cunha, Matos Paraguassú, Gardênia, Boa-Sorte, Ney
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Spain Grupo Arán 01-08-2014; Arán Ediciones, S. L
• Subjects: Adolescent; Child; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Higiene bucal; Humans; Male; Niños; Nutrition & Dietetics; Obesidad pediátrica; Oral Hygiene; Oral Hygiene Index; Pediatric Obesity; Índice de masa corporal; Body mass index; Higiene bucal; Niños; Pediatric obesity; Oral hygiene; Índice de masa corporal; Obesidad pediátrica; Children
• ISSN: 1699-5198; 0212-1611; 1699-5198
• DOI: 10.3305/nh.2014.30.2.7476

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the oral hygiene status in pediatric obese patients.
A cross-sectional study was conducted from 2011 to 2012, which evaluated 180 Brazilian pediatric patients, 6-14 years old, girls and boys, recruited according to two Body Mass Index (BMI) categories: obese and non-obese (healthy weight). For the evaluation the oral hygiene status, the study used Oral Hygiene Index (OHI) and Gingival Bleeding Index (GBI).
According to the total sample, 5/60 obese (8.3%) and 57/120 non-obese (47.5%) had good OHI, while 23/60 obese (38.4%) and 3/120 non-obese (2.5%) were classified in a low level of OHI, with a significance between the groups (p < 0.001), even after sorting by age. According to the classification of GBI, 60/60 obese (100.0%) and 89/120 non-obese (74.2%) had GBI 1 (bleeding gingiva), and 0/60 obese and 31/120 non-obese (25.8%) were classified as GBI 0 (healthy gingiva), with a significance between the groups (p < 0.001), even after sorting by age.
This study indicated that OHI and GBI were significantly higher in the obese children group.