Obesity and dental caries

Systematic review

Bibliographic Data

ID14458420
AuthorsAlexandre Emidio Ribeiro Silva (0000-0001-6402-0789, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Ana Maria Baptista Menezes (0000-0002-4129-0898, Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Flávio Fernando Demarco (Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Fabiana Vargas-Ferreira (Universidade Federal de Pelotas), Marco A Peres (0000-0002-8329-2808, The University of Adelaide)
Year2013
Volume47
Issue4
Pages799-812
Publication date2013-08-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Saúde Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-8910 • E-ISSN: 0034-8910
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0034-8910.2013047004608
PMID24346668
SciELOS0034-89102013000400799
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited29

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

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