Determination of the influence of body mass percentile on mandibular canine calcification stages among 5-17 years old Northern Nigerian children

Dental calcification is a biological phenomenon used to estimate the maturation status of growing children. The effect body mass index percentile (BMI-percentile) on this process appears contentious among researchers. To determine predictive mandibular canine calcification. A prospective descriptive cross-sectional study. This was cross sectional study comprising eighty four participants (5-17 years) who visited Child Health Clinic Federal Medical Centre, Keffi, Nigeria between January and September, 2021. Mandibular calcifications were staged using Demirjian method while World Organisation growth chart specific for age gender classify BMI-percentile. BMI-percentile determined multinomial logistic regression. Chronological had significant (P=0.002) as against one-percentile increase in increases likelihood healthy children having present stage D by 3.454 compared obese children, but not statistically (P= 1.000). Obese have tendency advanced than Female likely be stage. Early intervention therefore suggested