Navit Saumya, Malhotra Garima, Singh Jashina, Naresh V, Navit Pragati
Professor, Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry, Saraswati Dental College, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.
Private Practitioners, New Delhi, India.
J Int Oral Health. 2014 Jul;6(4):56-62.
Intelligence is the property of mind that encompasses many related abilities, such as the capacities to reason, plan, solve the problem, think, comprehend ideas, use languages and to learn. Intellectual level of a person influence the abilities to learn from experience, adapt to new situations, understand and handle abstract concepts, and use knowledge to manipulate one's environment. This abstract thinking helps the child to maintain his/her oral hygiene in a better way.
The present study was carried out on 252 children of 10-15 years old, reported to the out-patient Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry; of Teerthanker Mahaveer Dental College and Research Centre; Moradabad, in order to assess the relation between IQ of a child with dental caries and gingival disease. The statistical analysis was performed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences Version 15.0 statistical analysis software.
Statistically, there was a significant difference among different intelligence groups and the prevalence of moderate gingivitis (P < 0.001). Prevalence of caries was maximum among those with borderline intelligence (90.9%), and no significant association between level of intelligence and caries prevalence was observed (P = 0.572).
There was a statistical significant relation between IQ and prevalence of moderate gingivitis and no significant relationship was observed between IQ and dental caries.
智力是一种思维属性，涵盖许多相关能力，如推理、规划、解决问题、思考、理解概念、运用语言及学习的能力。一个人的智力水平会影响其从经验中学习、适应新情况、理解和处理抽象概念以及运用知识操控自身环境的能力。这种抽象思维有助于儿童更好地保持口腔卫生。
本研究针对252名年龄在10至15岁之间、前往蒂尔坦克·马哈维尔牙科学院及研究中心（位于莫拉达巴德）儿童牙科学与预防牙科学门诊部就诊的儿童开展，旨在评估患龋齿和牙龈疾病儿童的智商之间的关系。使用社会科学统计软件包第15.0版统计分析软件进行统计分析。
从统计学角度来看，不同智力组与中度牙龈炎患病率之间存在显著差异（P < 0.001）。边缘智力儿童的龋齿患病率最高（90.9%），且未观察到智力水平与龋齿患病率之间存在显著关联（P = 0.572）。
智商与中度牙龈炎患病率之间存在统计学显著关系，而智商与龋齿之间未观察到显著关系。
