Obesity and orthodontic treatment: is there any direct relationship?

ABSTRACT Obesity is a wide-spread condition directly or indirectly connected with an increase in the prevalence of a variety of human diseases. It affects over 50% of the western overall population. In 2017, a thorough analysis of 204 studies on obesity and cancer revealed that the condition increas...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Alberto Consolaro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Dental Press Editora
Series:Dental Press Journal of Orthodontics
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S2176-94512017000300021&lng=en&tlng=en