Correlation of weight and height with dental eruption
Keywords:
Correlation, somatic growth, dental eruptionAbstract
Objetive: To know the association among age, sex, height and weight with dental eruption asevents of somatic growth. Material and Methods: A prospective, cross-sectional and
descriptive study was conducted. A probabilistic, randomized sample stratified by sex and age,
where n=3519 of the Mexican apparently healthy infantile population, of both sexes between 0
month and 14 years with 11 months old, settled down in Puebla's valley, was analyzed.
Results: It was observed a positive correlation between weight and height in both sexes. In
46% of the female sample, it was found a correlation of weight with dentition and dental
eruption; in 48 % of height with dentition and dental eruption; and with both in 36 %. In 64 %
of the male population, it was found a correlation between dentition and weight; in 68 %
between height and dentition, and in 60 % of dental eruption with height and weight. Dental
eruption correlated in 56% with weight and in 56% with height in both sexes. Conclusion:
There is a real positive correlation in fast growth stages in both sexes.
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