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Type: Journal article
Title: Obesity and dental caries: systematic review
Author: Silva, A.
Menezes, A.
Demarco, F.
Vargas-Ferreira, F.
De Anselmo Peres, M.
Citation: Revista de Saude Publica, 2013; 47(4):799-812
Publisher: Revista de Saude Publica
Issue Date: 2013
ISSN: 0034-8910
1518-8787
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Alexandre Emidio Ribeiro Silva, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Flávio Fernando Demarco, Fabiana Vargas-Ferreira, Marco Aurélio Peres
Abstract: OBJECTIVE Identifying, through a systematic literature review, evidence of a possible association between obesity and dental caries. METHODS A search of articles published between 2005 and January 2012 was performed in the Medline/PubMed, LILACS and Web of Science databases. The quality of scientific evidence of the selected articles was assessed by the items proposed for observational studies in the Downs & Black instrument. RESULTS Initially, 537 references were found; after checking the titles and abstracts by two independent researchers, twenty-eight articles were selected for complete reading. Ten of them that assessed the primary and/or permanent dentition observed a positive association between obesity and dental caries and one study found an inverse association. According to the Downs & Black classification, thirteen articles with good scientific evidence were found. CONCLUSIONS The present review did not find sufficient evidence regarding the association between obesity and dental caries, and it did not clarify the possible role of diet and other possible effect modifiers on this association.
Keywords: Dental Caries, Epidemiology
Obesity
Observational Studies
Review
Rights: Copyright status unknown
DOI: 10.1590/S0034-8910.2013047004608
Published version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/s0034-8910.2013047004608
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