Dental Caries and Anthropometric Measurements in Children Aged between 5-14 Years

Introduction: Dental caries is common health condition affecting billions of people in the world. may be linked to obesity, while on other hand, it underweight/stunting; both are kinds malnutrition. This study aims find dental primary and permanent dentition nutritional status children aged between 5-14 years. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional was conducted among years who attended Department Pedodontic from January April 2022.Dental observed dmft /DMFT index calculated. Anthropometric measurements were done following WHO criteria.BMI calculated using age percentiles charts for boys girls developed by Center Chronic Disease Prevention. Results: The total participants 200 which 88 (44%) female 112 (56%) males. all BMI categories observed, found more deciduous teeth (mean dmft) than DMFT).BMI showed 39(19.5%) underweight, 122 (61%) healthy weight, 25 (12.5%) at risk overweight 14 (7%) overweight. Conclusions: higher compared dentition. Correlation not significant.