[The effect of overweight on the dental status and biochemical parameters of the oral fluid].

Objective: To increase the effectiveness of the diagnosis and treatment of dental diseases, based on the study of anthropometric and bioimpedance analysis data in adolescents and adult patients to identify the effect of overweight on dental status.

Material and methods: The study involved 60 adolescents aged 15-18 years, 28 of whom were overweight, and 32 with normal body weight. All 52 adult patients aged 30-50 years who participated in the study were overweight (body mass index >25 kg/m²) and had chronic generalized periodontitis. In all patients dental status was assessed by DMF and PMA index, Silness-Loe and Stallard hygienic indices, Muleman bleeding index, Green-Vermillion tartar index. Biochemical parameters of the oral fluid were also evaluated: malondialdehyde, elastase, urease, catalase and lysozyme activity. The adolescents underwent an anthropometric study with the determination of body mass index. Adult patients underwent bioimpedance analysis of body composition to determine the main indicators of fat metabolism in the body: body mass index, fat mass (kg), the proportion of adipose tissue (%) and the mass of extracellular fluid (kg).

Results: The study showed that overweight in patients of different ages worsens their dental status and biochemical parameters of oral fluid.

Conclusion: The inclusion of an anthropometric study with the determination of body mass index and bioimpedance analysis of body composition in the examination of dental patients will allow the development of individual programs for the prevention of dental diseases, implementing a personalized approach to the provision of medical and preventive care.