THE DENTAL STATUS AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH THE OBESITY IN THE CASE OF THE ELDERLY PEOPLE FROM THE SOUTH WEST OF TRANSYLVANIA
Abstract:
Loss of functional dentition imposes difficulties in chewing food and thus results in the
patient's refusal, which may be detrimental to the nutritional and health status. The objective of this
study was to investigate whether the edentation and teeth loss which were not restored by prosthetic
treatment may be associated with obesity among the elderly in the area of medical-health coverage of
the Military Emergency Hospital of Sibiu, located in South-Western Transylvania.We found a connection
between the number of.the teeth respectively the denture used and the weight gain results that shows that
a better dental status represented by the presence of several teeth on the arch, even if they were not
placed in a prosthetic obesity was associated with older people in South West of Transylvania. It has
also been demonstrated a close relationship between dental status and adverse patient's systemic
conditions that could have important clinical implications
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