Correlation between Oral Health Status (DMFT) and BMI Index in Khuzestan Province, Iran during 2012-2013.
Year: 2014
Type: article
Abstract: Having a healthy long life cannot be achieved without a good cooperation between different parts of the body. Obesity is considered to be the fastest growing health risk in the world (1). Iran has experienced a rapid nutrition transition char-acterized by decrease in physical activity and in-crease energy intake leading to rapid overweight since 1990s (2). On the other hand, worldwide, dental caries is the most prevalent of the oral dis-eases. The decayed, missing and filled teeth (DMFT) index was created to express caries expe-rience (3). In many countries, including Iran, most epidemiological research in dentistry has been conducted among children and adolescents, while the corresponding data on adults are limited.
Source: PubMed
Institution: Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences
Language: English
Subfield: General Dentistry
Field: Dentistry
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2122239613