A importância do cirurgião-dentista no diagnóstico da bulimia

• Autor(a) principal: Soares, Mariane Antunes
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Trabalho de conclusão de curso
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Universitário da Ânima (RUNA)
• Texto Completo: https://repositorio.animaeducacao.com.br/handle/ANIMA/9965
• topic: Bulimia nervosa; Manifestações bucais; Transtornos alimentares

The search for the perfect body, imposed by modern society, has been one of the main causes of the increase in the number of cases of bulimia nervosa. Eating disorders are accompanied by several systemic alterations, mainly to the impairment of nutritional status, leading to severe changes that, if not eradicated early, may become irreparable. Among these damages, we highlight those related to oral health, characterized by perimolysis, increased rates of carious lesions, apathy, weakness, palpitations, difficulty concentrating, reflux, abdominal pain, hematemesis, involuntary vomiting, intestinal motility changes, constipation , esophageal rupture, skin changes, weight fluctuation, cramp, bruxism, oral trauma, esophageal inflammation, enlargement of the salivary glands, increase of the lingual papillae and others. Oral manifestations are caused by unsatisfactory oral hygiene, vitamin deficiencies, chronic ingestion of carbohydrates, binge eating, xerostomia (low salivation), angular cheilitis, candidoses, herpes, anxiety, and also by the acidification of saliva caused by vomiting. The dentist, from the knowledge of signs and symptoms of bulimia nervosa, is necessarily one of the first professionals in the health area to identify it, and can offer appropriate dental treatment and associate with other health professionals.