TO FIND AN ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE BODY MASS INDEX AND UNTREATED DENTAL CARIES PROGRESSION IN 5-15 YEARS OLD SCHOOL CHILDREN OF DAKSHINA KANNADA DISTRICT USING PUFA INDEX
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: K04- Diseases of pulp and periapical tissues
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/05/042709
- Lead Sponsor
- AB Shetty Memorial Institute Of Dental Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1) Children who are willing to participate in the study with parental consent.
2) Children with the presence of at least one pulpally involved/ulcerated/fistulated/abscessed tooth.
Exclusion Criteria
1) Caries free children.
2) Children with severe systemic illness or nutritional deficiency.
3) Children with special health care needs.
4) Children on long term medication.
5) Uncooperative children.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method There is increase in BMI with increase in severity of untreated dental caries (PUFA/pufa index) among 5-15 years old school children in Dakshina Kannada district.Timepoint: 6 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method There is decrease in BMI with increase in severity of untreated dental caries (PUFA/pufa index) among 5-15 years old school children in Dakshina Kannada district.Timepoint: 6 months