Teething and nutritional condition in children between 5 and 13 years.

• Main Authors: Clotilde de la Caridad Mora Pérez (Author), Raúl López Fernández (Author), Juan J. Apolinaire Pennini (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas. Cienfuegos, 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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• Notes: 1727-897X
• Keywords: erupción dentaria; nutrición infantil; estado nutricional; trastornos nutricionales; Medicine (General); R5-920; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270
• Source: Medisur, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-7 (2009)

<strong>Background</strong>: During last decades it has become increasingly evident the importance of nutritional factors in the development and renovation of buccal tissues, particularly of teeth<strong>. Objective</strong>: To characterize permanent teething and its relation with nutritional factors in children between 5 and 13 years. Methods: Cross-sectional descriptive, observational study developed in a universe formed by 1003 children of Health Area II in Cienfuegos, out of which a sample of 330 children was selected. Data was collected from schools, regarding the teething age and nutritional status. Ponder and measurements were carried out. <strong>Results</strong>: The average teething age was lower for girls in both maxillary bones; teething sequence was 6,1,2,4,5,3,7 for the maxilla and 6,1,2,3,4,5,7 for the inferior maxillary bone. There was a prevalence of normal weight among girls, followed by thin and undernourished values. Among boy, there was a prevalence of obesity, overweight and normal weight in that order. Nutritional statuses of thin and undernourished were related with a delayed teething, mainly in the inferior maxillary bone. Permanent teething was delayed with regard to the national media. <strong>Conclusion</strong>: A clear relation was established between teething age and nutrition, mainly among thin and undernourished children.