Association between soft drink consumption, gastric reflux, dental erosion, and obesity among special care children

Objectives This study assessed the association between soft drink consumption, gastric reflux, dental erosion, and obesity among special care children. Materials and methods A total of 350 special care children (male‐131, female‐219) mean age of 12.6 (± 2.6) years were included. Detection of dental erosion was performed according to the World Health Organization criteria. The medical evaluation assessed body mass index (BMI). With appropriate sample weighting, relationships between dental erosion prevalence and obesity were assessed using multivariable logistic regression. Results Overall prevalence of dental erosion was 36%. Mean BMI for entire study population was 24.7 (± 7.8). Regression analysis showed strong association between dental erosion prevalence and consumption of soft drinks (adjusted odds ratio = 1.8; 95% CI = 0.71‐2.92, P