Author:
Saba Zuhair Hussien, Mohammed Abdula Ejresh, Aola Zuhair Abdul Hussein, Saba Mohammed Ibrahim and Rawaa Sadiq Obeid
Page: 1-9
Published online: 11 Jan 2026
https://doi.org/acerjmb.2026.1.6
Body mass index is an important indicator of overall body health and directly affected oral health. Since dental caries is worldwide, spread chronic disease so the object of this study is to evaluate the relation between body mass index and severity of dental carries. Study the association between body mass index categories and severity of dental caries, measuring the prevalence of caries in 7‐9 years old children. This is a cross‐sectional descriptive analytic study including 619 children 7‐9 years old in private primary schools in Bible province of Iraq selection based on specific criteria (largest student population) used non‐probability sampling technique (Purposive Sampling). Measuring length and weight for all participant and dental caries of four first permanent molar examined according to WHO recommendation by using dental mirror and explorer probe under natural light and DMFT and DMFS score are recording. The study included 619 participants with mean of age 7.9 ± 0.74. The largest age group is 8‐year‐olds, accounting for 44.7% of the participants. The majority of participants are male, making up 55.7% of the total. The highest proportion of individuals falls into the healthy weight category, at 63.5%. Females have higher DMFT values in all quadrants compared to males. The highest DMFT value was observed in the lower right quadrant among females. After body mass index measuring and DMFT and DMFS score recording the result is there is no significant association between body mass index and severity of dental caries, but there is a significant higher percent in female than male and in lower first permanent molars than upper first permanent molars.