Associations Between Diet, Oral Health, and General Development in Romanian School-Age Children
Based on significant associations found, one can affirm that the dental caries of the Romanian school-age children is due to sugary food intake and body composition. In addition, the direct relationship between dental caries and childhood obesity showed through the correlation of BMI and dental health indices denotes that school-age children should reduce sugary foods and increase dairy products.
Authors
- Monica Tarcea (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7299-118X)
- Andreea Sălcudean (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6367-4999)
- Alexandru Blidaru (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4320-9704)
- Norina Consuela Forna (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5637-2095)
- Liana Todor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1380-7674)
- Ramona Amina Popovici (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3852-9060)
- Iustin Olariu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-0757-5998)
- Atanu Seni (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1409-8526)
- Viorel Jinga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7632-5328)
- Silviu Constantin Bădoiu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6572-9244)
- Andreea Mihaela Kiș (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-4581-8487)
- S Dumitrescu
- Teodora Olariu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2432-0853)
- Mariana Păcurar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5329-3044)
- Dora-Mihaela Cîmpian
- Ramona-Camelia Anculia
Institutions
- Titu Maiorescu University (RO)
- Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO)
- University of Oradea (RO)
- Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy (RO)
- Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie „George Emil Palade” din Târgu Mureș (RO)
- Victor Babeș University of Medicine and Pharmacy Timișoara (RO)
- Emergency University (US)
- Vasile Goldis Western University of Arad (RO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nutrients
- Published
- 2025-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/nu17172832
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Dental Health and Care Utilization
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 4.40
Funders
- Universitatea de Medicină, Farmacie, Științe și Tehnologie din Târgu Mureș