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Impact of Bariatric Surgery on the Oral Health of Patients with Morbid Obesity

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Abstract

Background

The present study assessed the impact of bariatric surgery on the oral health.

Methods

All of the patients who underwent Roux-en-Y gastric bypass at Nossa Senhora da Conceição Hospital between October 2009 and January 2011 were invited to participate. In this longitudinal study, oral examinations and interviews were conducted in two stages. A descriptive analysis, McNemar’s test, Student’s t test for paired samples, and the Wilcoxon test were performed.

Results

Thirty-nine patients completed the protocol. There was a statistically significant reduction in the number of medications taken daily, sensation of dry mouth, and increased stimulated salivary flow rate.

Conclusions

The oral health of patients who underwent bariatric surgery improved; moreover, the sensation of dry mouth decreased.

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Acknowledgments

The authors would like to acknowledge Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul – FAPERGS for their help in this study.

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The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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Authors and Affiliations

  1. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul -UFRGS), Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Débora Deus Cardozo

  2. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul Faculty of Dentistry, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2492, Bairro Santana, Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil, CEP 91350-200

    Juliana Balbinot Hilgert, Lina Naomi Hashizume & Fernando Neves Hugo

  3. Nossa Senhora da Conceição Hospital (Hospital Nossa Senhora da Conceição – HNSC), Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Airton Tetelbom Stein, Katia Elisabete Pires Souto & Nelson Guardiola Meinhardt

  4. Universidade Federal de Ciências da Saúde de Porto Alegre (Health Sciences Federal University of Porto Alegre), Porto Alegre, Brazil

    Airton Tetelbom Stein

  5. UniversidadeLuterana do Brasil - ULBRA (Lutheran University of Brazil), Canoas, Brazil

    Airton Tetelbom Stein

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  1. Débora Deus Cardozo
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Cardozo, D.D., Hilgert, J.B., Hashizume, L.N. et al. Impact of Bariatric Surgery on the Oral Health of Patients with Morbid Obesity. OBES SURG 24, 1812–1816 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11695-014-1364-1

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