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Can Healthy Eating Index Be a Predictor for Early Childhood Caries in Indian Children
H V N Sai Krishna1, C H Sravan Kumar2, Appam Sai Krishna1
1Department of Public Health Dentistry, SB Patil Institute for Dental Sciences and Research, Bidar, Karnataka, India.
Objective:
To assess whether Healthy Eating Index (HEI) can predict Error correction code (ECC) in children of 3-6 year old.
Materials And Methods:
Our sample included 350 3-6 year old children attending outpatient department of Pedodontia. Caries score was assessed using decayed, missing, and filled teeth index and HEI was used to evaluate the diet quality.
Results:
About 65.9% of the children who were breast feeding and bottle feeding at night had higher S-ECC and it was statistically significant (P = 0.001).
Conclusion:
HEI scores were inversely related to caries severity, i.e. HEI score was significantly higher in simple ECC (57.4) and lesser in S-ECC (53.2).
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