Is Nutritional and Socioeconomic Status Related with Tooth Eruption of First Incisive Permanent Mandibular among School and Special Need Students?

Abstract

Permanent tooth replacement is an important process which stimulate children growth and development. The first permanent eruption tooth is first Incisive of lower jaw (I1 LJ). The eruption time of each child is different, divided into premature loss, on time and delayed which influenced by several factors include nutrition of children and parents socioeconomic status (SES). Purpose of research was to find relation of eruption time of I1 LJ based on nutritional and economic status on school and special need students. Research design was analytic observational with cross sectional approach. Sample was 58 children aged 6-7 years old, divided into two groups 29 school students and 29 students with special need. Questionnaire was used to measure economic status, nutrition status measured by weighed height and weight and also an interview was done to find time tooth eruption. Spearman and Mann Whitney was used as a statistical tool. There was a difference of nutritional and economic status of normal and special need students (Sig: 0.045 and 0.04). There was a different of timing tooth eruption of both groups with Significance of 0.03. There was a relation of nutritional and economic status with timing of tooth eruption (Sig: 0.001 and 0.04). Most of school students had normal nutritional status with on time tooth eruption while on students with special need had o nutritional status, delayed tooth eruption. Children with good nutrition and economic status will influence their physical growth. Children with special need usually has systemic disease which influence their growth. Nutritional and economic status related with timing of I1 LJ on school and special need students.