The Association Between Taste Perception with Caries Experience and Body Mass Index of 12-13 Years Old Children in the 2 Sub-Districts in Medan

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10.2991/ahsr.k.220302.019How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Caries; Taste Perception; BMI

Abstract

Caries are a major dental health problem in Indonesia, especially in school-aged children, that affect the children’s dietary habits and growth. Taste perception is one of the determining factors of children choosing certain types of food that affect oral health and BMI. The research aimed to investigate the relationship between taste perception with caries experience and the Body Mass Index (BMI) of children (12-13-year-old) in the Medan Petisah and Medan Tuntungan sub-district. This study was a cross-sectional descriptive analytics study. The data was collected from the questionnaire and clinical oral examination for the caries incidence, taste perception, and measuring the children’s weights and heights to determine their BMI on 152 children. The bitter taste perception showed significant association with caries (p = 0,003) and the sweet taste perception with caries (p = 0,001). No significant was found between taste perception and BMI. Supertasters tend to be more sensitive to taste threshold levels, and caries status was in a low category.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Ami Angela Harahap
AU  - Elita Elisabet Sihombing
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/03
TI  - The Association Between Taste Perception with Caries Experience and Body Mass Index of 12-13 Years Old Children in the 2 Sub-Districts in Medan
BT  - Proceedings of the 2nd Aceh International Dental Meeting 2021 (AIDEM 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 115
EP  - 121
SN  - 2468-5739
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahsr.k.220302.019
DO  - 10.2991/ahsr.k.220302.019
ID  - Harahap2022
ER  -