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Are dentists involved in the treatment of obesity?

The morbidity and mortality associated with being overweight or obese have been known to the medical profession to be related with an increased risk of associated diseases. This article provides an overview of obesity and addresses possible strategies for the management of this important public heal...

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Autores principales: Kharma, Mohamed Y., Aws, Ghassan, Tarakji, Bassel
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4916789/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27382531
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.183112
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description The morbidity and mortality associated with being overweight or obese have been known to the medical profession to be related with an increased risk of associated diseases. This article provides an overview of obesity and addresses possible strategies for the management of this important public health concern. This narrative review sheds light on the problem of obesity and the necessity of professional oral health care to work in partnership with the medical team for managing obesity. In this regard, general dental practitioners should at least reinforce their knowledge regarding obesity and understand their potential role in the treatment and management of obese patients.
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spelling pubmed-49167892016-07-05 Are dentists involved in the treatment of obesity? Kharma, Mohamed Y. Aws, Ghassan Tarakji, Bassel J Int Soc Prev Community Dent Review Article The morbidity and mortality associated with being overweight or obese have been known to the medical profession to be related with an increased risk of associated diseases. This article provides an overview of obesity and addresses possible strategies for the management of this important public health concern. This narrative review sheds light on the problem of obesity and the necessity of professional oral health care to work in partnership with the medical team for managing obesity. In this regard, general dental practitioners should at least reinforce their knowledge regarding obesity and understand their potential role in the treatment and management of obese patients. Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2016 2016-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4916789/ /pubmed/27382531 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/2231-0762.183112 Text en Copyright: © 2016 Journal of International Society of Preventive and Community Dentistry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 License, which allows others to remix, tweak, and build upon the work non-commercially, as long as the author is credited and the new creations are licensed under the identical terms.
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