Author | Country | N | Ages in years | Conclusions |
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Petti et al. [3] | Italy | 938 | 6-11 | - Obesity significantly increased the risk of TDIs. One-third of obese children was affected vs. only one fifth of other subjects. |
Nicolau et al. [4] | Brazil | 652 | 13 | - Being from a non-nuclear family, overweight and a boy increased the risk of having a TDI. |
- Overweight children were 1.93 times more likely to have dental injuries than those who were not overweight | ||||
Granville-Garcia et al. [5] | Brazil | 2651 | 1-5 | -Overweight/obese children had 2.5 times more trauma than non-overweight/obese ones |
Soriano et al. [6] | Brazil | 1046 | 12 | - Obese subjects sustained more TDIs than non-obese subjects. However, it was concluded that the presence of obesity was not associated to TDIs in adolescents from Recife, Brazil. |
Ărtun and Al-Azemi [7] | Kuwait | 1583 | 13-14 | - No difference was detected in TDIs rate among the subjects in the three BMI categories |
Damé-Teixeira et al. [8] | Brazil | 1528 | 12 | - No significant association was found between BMI and obesity. |