Assessment of the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and dental age.pdf.pdf

, , 253-257 (2011)doi:.35045 Copyright ? 2011 SciRes. Openly accessible atrnal/HEALTH/HealthAssessment of the relationship between body mass index (BMI) and dental age Maryam Zangouei-Booshehri1, Fatemeh Ezoddini-Ardakani1*, Hosein Agha Aghili2, Akbar Sharifi31Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran; *Corresponding Author: ******@2Department of Orthodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran; 3Faculty of Dentistry, Shahid Sadoughi University of Medical Sciences, Yazd, Iran. Received 29 March 2011; revised 21 April 2011; accepted 27 April 2011. ABSTRACTThe 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 be-tween 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 Inter-national Obesity Task Force. There was a sig-nificant direct relationship between dental de-velopment and BMI (P < ). Obese children have a higher rate of dental -pared to normal children. CLINICAL RELE-VANCE: This is an important variable to be con-sidered when planning for den