Difficulty with Dental Caries among Adolescents Who Are Underweight: A Nationwide Study

Vinodh Bhoopathi; Paula Ortega-Verdugo; Christine Wells; Honghu Liu

doi:10.1016/j.jpedcp.2024.200136

Difficulty with Dental Caries among Adolescents Who Are Underweight: A Nationwide Study

J Pediatr Clin Pract. 2024 Nov 27:14:200136. doi: 10.1016/j.jpedcp.2024.200136. eCollection 2024 Dec.

Authors

Vinodh Bhoopathi¹, Paula Ortega-Verdugo¹, Christine Wells², Honghu Liu¹

Affiliations

¹ Section of Public and Population Health, University of California at Los Angeles, School of Dentistry, Los Angeles, CA.
² Statistical Methods and Data Analytics, University of California at Los Angeles Office of Advanced Research Computing, Los Angeles, CA.

Abstract

This study highlights a unique association between weight status and difficulty with dental caries among US adolescents. Being underweight was significantly associated with dental caries in adolescents aged 10-17.