Oral Problems :Obesisty and Reduction of Stomach Surgery

February 10, 2009 on 12:58 am | In obesity BMI, weight loss surgery |

The data about dental disorders are unprecedented and show that half of the patients returned to the doctor with any complaint. About 80% was with the teeth brittle and had a 60% increase in the number of caries. These problems were observed both in patients from the Unified Health System (SUS) as of private health plans, which shows that the situation is somewhat related to socioeconomic class of patients

According to the dentists , the exact reasons for these problems are still being studied. “But this may be related to a problem in the absorption of nutrients already observed; refluxes with gastro-esophageal, with a drying mouth, the result of medication administered with or vomiting.”

The stomach-reduction surgery is one of the main themes of 32 of Gastric, an event with the participation of nearly a thousand medical specialists in surgery of the digestive tract. In the event, which began in the second (4th) and vai until Friday (8), the Convention , in Sao Paulo, there will be conferences, round tables and transmission of live surgeries.

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