Background Dental caries risk factors have been expanded to not only emphasize biology,
dietary and oral habits but also broader social determinants such as socioeconomic factors …

Research on the association between dental caries and body mass index (BMI) in children
has shown contradictory results; thus we aimed to examine the association between dental …

Objectives. To explore the association between obesity and dental caries in children and
adolescents. Furthermore, to consider the possible reasons behind this relationship …

Background Obesity and dental caries are public health problems in Egypt. Factors such as
unhealthy diet, poor oral hygiene, and physical inactivity can play a major role in both …

Abstract Objective The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has one of the highest prevalence of
both obesity and dental caries. To date, there has not been any documented evidence …

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, 416 students aged between 10 to 12 years was
examined for dental caries using WHO standard diagnostic criteria. The Decayed, missing …

Objective To evaluate the association between body mass index (BMI) and waist
circumference (WC) and dental caries (DC), and the clinical consequences of untreated …

This study aimed to identify the association between BMI and dental caries in 6–12-year-old
children. This cross-sectional study was carried out among 6–12-year-old school children …

BACKGROUND: Dental caries and obesity are multifactorial diseases with diet being a
common contributory factor. OBJECTIVE: The main purpose of the present study was to …

Context A relationship between obesity and poor oral health has been reported. Objective
To investigate the association between overweight/obesity and oral health in Mexican …