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ZERMENO-IBARRA, Jorge A; DELGADO-PASTRANA, Soledad; PATINO-MARIN, Nuria  e  LOYOLA-RODRIGUEZ, Juan P. Relationship between overweight-obesity and periodontal disease in Mexico. Acta odontol. latinoam. [online]. 2010, vol.23, n.3, pp.204-209. ISSN 1852-4834.

The aim of this study was to examine the association between overweight-obesity and periodontal disease in subjects who attended the clinic of Periodontics, Faculty of Dentistry, San Luis de Potosi, Mexico. This was cross-sectional study involving 88 subjects - 60 without overweight-obesity and 28 with overweight-obesity. The following clinical parameters were evaluated: dental bacterial plaque, index of calculus, gingivitis, probing depth and periodontal disease index (PDI). When comparing the group of subjects with overweight-obesity to the control, there were statistically significant differences in the variables calculus (p=0.0015), gingivitis (p=0.0050) and periodontal disease (p=0.0154). Regarding the logistic regression analysis, the dependent variable was subjects with and without overweight-obesity and the independent variables were sex, age and periodontal disease. We found statistically significant differences (p=0.0162) with OR=3.16 in periodontal disease. Periodontal disease showed statistically significant differences in the group of subjects with overweight-obesity. The oral health of subjects with overweight- obesity should be supervised and checked in order to prevent oral alterations.

Palavras-chave : Overweight; Obesity; Periodontitis.

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