Relation between obesity and oral health.
- Author:
Jieqi JIN
;
Hongkun WU
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH:
Humans;
Obesity;
Oral Health
- From:
West China Journal of Stomatology
2015;33(4):428-430
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are important diseases that affect human health. Obesity is one of the major biological risk factors of NCDs. With the growing national economy and the increasing standard of living, the obesity problem is highlighted and could raise even more attention. Oral health is vital to overall health. To gain more recognition and popularize the monitoring of obesity in dentistry, this paper illustrates the status of present studies between obesity and oral health.
