TITLE:
Assessment of the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and dental age
AUTHORS:
Maryam Zangouei-Booshehri, Fatemeh Ezoddini-Ardakani, Hosein Agha Aghili, Akbar Sharifi
KEYWORDS:
Dental Age; Body Mass Index (BMI); Bone Age; Overweight
JOURNAL NAME:
Health,
Vol.3 No.5,
May
19,
2011
ABSTRACT: The aim of the study was to determine the rela-tionship between Body Mass Index (BMI) and accelerated dental development. The dental developmental ages of 100 children aged between 8 and 12 years were determined using the Demirjian method and panoramic radiographs. BMI status was determined for each subject on the basis of the system developed by the International Obesity Task Force. There was a significant direct relationship between dental development and BMI (P