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REVIEW article

Front. Nutr.
Sec. Clinical Nutrition
Volume 11 - 2024 | doi: 10.3389/fnut.2024.1440216
This article is part of the Research Topic Understanding Obesity to Determine the Best Therapeutic Option: From Lifestyle Interventions to Therapies View all 10 articles

Obesity and Periodontitis: A Comprehensive Review of their interconnected pathophysiology and clinical implications

Provisionally accepted
Claudia Reytor-González Claudia Reytor-González 1Daniel Simancas-Racines Daniel Simancas-Racines 1*Juan Marcos Parise-Vasco Juan Marcos Parise-Vasco 1Nataly Gonzalez Nataly Gonzalez 2Raynier Zambrano-Villacres Raynier Zambrano-Villacres 3Alison Simancas-Racines Alison Simancas-Racines 4Ana K. Zambrano Ana K. Zambrano 5
  • 1 Centro de Investigación en Salud Pública y Epidemiología Clínica (CISPEC), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, 170527, Quito, Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador
  • 2 Carrera de Odontología, Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo. Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador
  • 3 Espiritu Santo University, Guayaquil, Ecuador
  • 4 Carrera de Medicina Veterinaria, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias y Recursos Naturales, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, Latacunga 050108. Ecuador, Latacunga, Ecuador
  • 5 Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Centro de Investigación Genética y Genómica, Universidad UTE, Quito, Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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    Obesity and periodontitis are significant health problems with a complex bidirectional relationship. Excess body fat is linked to systemic diseases and can lead to persistent inflammation, potentially harming periodontal health. Periodontitis, a chronic inflammatory condition affecting the supporting structures of teeth, poses substantial health risks. Both conditions share pathological processes such as inflammation and oxidative stress, which aggravate health status and make treatment more challenging. Understanding this interaction is crucial for developing effective management strategies for both diseases. This study explores the multifaceted aspects of obesity and periodontitis and their reciprocal relationship.

    Keywords: Obesity, Periodontitis, Oxidative Stress, Inflammatory Response, and periodontal treatment

    Received: 29 May 2024; Accepted: 23 Jul 2024.

    Copyright: © 2024 Reytor-González, Simancas-Racines, Parise-Vasco, Gonzalez, Zambrano-Villacres, Simancas-Racines and Zambrano. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

    * Correspondence: Daniel Simancas-Racines, Centro de Investigación en Salud Pública y Epidemiología Clínica (CISPEC), Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud Eugenio Espejo, Universidad UTE, 170527, Quito, Ecuador, Quito, Ecuador

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