Ayhan H, Suskan E, Yildirim S
Department of Pedodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
J Clin Pediatr Dent. 1996 Spring;20(3):209-12.
In this study, the effect of nursing bottle caries and rampant caries on height, weight and head circumference was evaluated. For this purpose, 126 children, aged 3 to 5 years old, who have nursing or rampant caries were selected. One hundred twenty-six children with no caries and similar age and sex were matched as a control group. When the children who had rampant or nursing caries were evaluated in the direction of the mean weight, it was corresponding to mean weight between 25th and 50th percentiles. The mean percentile weight for control group were corresponding to mean weight between the 50th and 75th percentiles. Of the nursing or rampant caries children, 7.1% weighed less than 80% of their ideal weight, compared with only 0.7% of the control group children. When the children, who had rampant or nursing caries, were evaluated in the direction of the mean height, it was corresponding to mean height between 10th and 25th percentiles. The mean percentile height for control group were corresponding to mean height between the 25th and 50th percentiles. When the head circumference is evaluated, there was no significant statistical difference between the two groups. Since the height and weight of the control group showed a higher percentile category than the nursing or rampant caries group, (P<0.001), it can be stated that rampant or nursing caries may correlate with adversely affected growth of the body.
在本研究中，评估了奶瓶龋和猖獗龋对身高、体重及头围的影响。为此，选取了126名3至5岁患有奶瓶龋或猖獗龋的儿童。将126名年龄和性别相仿且无龋齿的儿童作为对照组。对患有猖獗龋或奶瓶龋的儿童按平均体重方向评估时，其体重对应于第25至50百分位数之间的平均体重。对照组的平均百分位数体重对应于第50至75百分位数之间的平均体重。在患有奶瓶龋或猖獗龋的儿童中，7.1%的儿童体重低于其理想体重的80%，而对照组儿童中这一比例仅为0.7%。对患有猖獗龋或奶瓶龋的儿童按平均身高方向评估时，其身高对应于第10至25百分位数之间的平均身高。对照组的平均百分位数身高对应于第25至50百分位数之间的平均身高。对头围进行评估时，两组之间无显著统计学差异。由于对照组的身高和体重百分位数类别高于患有奶瓶龋或猖獗龋的组（P<0.001），可以认为猖獗龋或奶瓶龋可能与身体生长受到不利影响相关。
