Obesity in children and adolescents as a trigger factor for dental caries, literature review

Objective: To establish the relationship of obesity in children and adolescents with the presence of dental caries. Materials and methods: A bibliographic review of PUBMED database was carried out, using terms like, Caries, Obesity, Child, adolescent with AND as a boolean connector. All articles pub...

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Main Authors: Karen Ruiz Mena, Samantha Trávez Pacheco, Olivia Toalombo Puma, Esteban Sotelo Garzon, Ana Armas Vega
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Language:Spanish
Published: Asociación Latinoamericana de Odontopediatría 2019-07-01
Series:Revista de Odontopediatria Latinoamericana
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Online Access:https://www.revistaodontopediatria.org/ediciones/2019/1/art-6/
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author Karen Ruiz Mena
Samantha Trávez Pacheco
Olivia Toalombo Puma
Esteban Sotelo Garzon
Ana Armas Vega
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description Objective: To establish the relationship of obesity in children and adolescents with the presence of dental caries. Materials and methods: A bibliographic review of PUBMED database was carried out, using terms like, Caries, Obesity, Child, adolescent with AND as a boolean connector. All articles published between 2013 and 2018 were taken into account. 40 articles were found, 29 later excluded because they referred variables not considered in the study. The remaining 11 articles were reviewed and the main findings synthesizad. Results: The literature reviewed does not suggest an association between obesity and the presence of caries. A strong influence of low weight with dental caries was identified. Conclusions: Dental caries in children and adolescents does not suggest a relationship with weigth gain.
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spelling doaj.art-4dfe8df05b39478a9afac18c63b0aaa42022-12-21T19:41:49ZspaAsociación Latinoamericana de OdontopediatríaRevista de Odontopediatria Latinoamericana2174-07982019-07-0191Obesity in children and adolescents as a trigger factor for dental caries, literature reviewKaren Ruiz Mena0Samantha Trávez Pacheco1Olivia Toalombo Puma2Esteban Sotelo Garzon3Ana Armas Vega4Universidad Tecnológica EquinoccialUniversidad Tecnológica EquinoccialUniversidad Tecnológica EquinoccialUniversidad Tecnológica EquinoccialUniversidad Tecnológica EquinoccialObjective: To establish the relationship of obesity in children and adolescents with the presence of dental caries. Materials and methods: A bibliographic review of PUBMED database was carried out, using terms like, Caries, Obesity, Child, adolescent with AND as a boolean connector. All articles published between 2013 and 2018 were taken into account. 40 articles were found, 29 later excluded because they referred variables not considered in the study. The remaining 11 articles were reviewed and the main findings synthesizad. Results: The literature reviewed does not suggest an association between obesity and the presence of caries. A strong influence of low weight with dental caries was identified. Conclusions: Dental caries in children and adolescents does not suggest a relationship with weigth gain.https://www.revistaodontopediatria.org/ediciones/2019/1/art-6/adolescentsdental cariespediatric obesity
spellingShingle Karen Ruiz Mena
Samantha Trávez Pacheco
Olivia Toalombo Puma
Esteban Sotelo Garzon
Ana Armas Vega
Obesity in children and adolescents as a trigger factor for dental caries, literature review
Revista de Odontopediatria Latinoamericana
adolescents
dental caries
pediatric obesity
title Obesity in children and adolescents as a trigger factor for dental caries, literature review
title_full Obesity in children and adolescents as a trigger factor for dental caries, literature review
title_fullStr Obesity in children and adolescents as a trigger factor for dental caries, literature review
title_full_unstemmed Obesity in children and adolescents as a trigger factor for dental caries, literature review
title_short Obesity in children and adolescents as a trigger factor for dental caries, literature review
title_sort obesity in children and adolescents as a trigger factor for dental caries literature review
topic adolescents
dental caries
pediatric obesity
url https://www.revistaodontopediatria.org/ediciones/2019/1/art-6/
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