Análise descritiva da obesidade como fator modificador da doença periodontal

• Autor(a) principal: Araujo, Francisco de Assis Nunes Martins
• Data de Publicação: 2016
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFS
• Texto Completo: https://ri.ufs.br/handle/riufs/5906
• topic: Odontologia; Obesidade; Doenças periodontais; Índice de massa corporal; Obesity; Periodontal diseases; Body mass index; CIENCIAS DA SAUDE::ODONTOLOGIA

Obesity and periodontal diseases are considered chronic diseases that cause harmful effects to the health of individuals and commonly both are associated with inflammatory framework. This study accessed the periodontal condition, correlate the lipid profile and check the oral hygiene habits and the degree of knowledge about the influence of obesity on the oral health of obese and non-obese patients, using parameters like the Body Mass Index (BMI) and Waist Circumference (WC). Fifty-four obese (BMI ≥ 30Kg/m2) and 40 non-obese patients (BMI < 30 kg/m2) were interviewed and submitted to full-mouth periodontal examination to provide informations about plaque index (IP), gingival index (GI), bleeding on Probing (SS), clinical attachment level (CAL) and Probing Depth (PD). Then, data about socio-demographics, oral hygiene habits and lipid profile (triglycerides, total cholesterol, HDL and LDL) were gathered of each patient. Obese patients had lower SS (34%) than non-obese (42.1%) (p<0,05), statistically significant differences were not observed for IP (obese: 50.2% and non-obese: 45.9%) and GI (obese: 30.8% and non-obese: 39.5%). Despite similarity in periodontal disease (gingivitis and periodontitis) prevalence, statistically significant differences were present in periodontitis severity, i.e., obese patients showed higher clinical attachment loss level than non-obese patients (p<0.05). Results of serum lipid profile showed that there was statistically difference in the mean triglyceride levels (obese = 127mg/dl) higher than non-obese=102mg/dl) and regarding oral hygiene habits, obese patients presented lower brushing frequency than non-obese. Within the limitations of this study, it can be concluded that periodontitis severity and quantitative triglycerides levels were higher among obese patients, without statistically difference in the periodontal diseases prevalence compared to non-obese patients. Furthermore, most of the two groups reported lack of knowledge about effects of obesity on oral health.