Association between obesity/overweight and dental caries in psychiatric patients

BACKGROUND: Patients with psychiatric illness are more prone to develop obesity and dental caries due to general self-negligence associated with psychiatric illness and side effect of various medications used in psychiatry. OBJECTIVE: Assess the association between dental caries status and obesity a...

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Main Authors: Amal Adnan Ashour, Sakeenabi Basha, Enas T. Enan, Alaa Basalem, Abeer Al Qahatani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre 2019-05-01
Series:Annals of Saudi Medicine
Online Access:https://www.annsaudimed.net/doi/full/10.5144/0256-4947.2019.178