Julia Pape-Neumann, Muna van Ermingen-Marbach, Marion Grande, Klaus Willmes, Stefan Heim
The role of phonological awareness in treatments of dyslexic primary school children
Acta neurobiologiae experimentalis
tooth decay significant preventable public health priority continues common disease developing countries including iran particularly prevalent among children present study aims determine dental caries prevalence among elementary school students relationship body mass index oral hygiene ardabil iran 2019 crosssectional study conducted 581 elementary school students selected cluster random sampling method ardabil city 2019 demographic data collected using questionnaire anthropometric indices height weight measured using weighing scale stadiometer dental caries evaluated using decayed missing filled teeth index dmft primary teeth dmft permanent mean age students 961 176 years 508 female 207 n 120 obese 191 n 111 overweight overall prevalence caries 749 n 435 primary teeth 728 n 423 permanent teeth 966 n 561 teeth average dmft dmft scores 416 372 196 176 respectively significant inverse relationship body mass index dmft r 0146 p 00001 dmft r 0111 p 0004 findings showed prevalence dental caries elementary school children ardabil city higher global standards obese overweight children experience fewer caries compared normalweight children significant relation brushing teeth dental caries