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ORIGINAL ARTICLE
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J Korean Dent Assoc. 2024;62(1):21-32. Published online January 31, 2024.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22974/jkda.2024.62.1.002
- 소아청소년 비만의 치과적 영향과 치과에서의 예방 및 관리법
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옹승환
, 김영재
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서울대학교 치의학대학원 소아치과학교실
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- Dental implications of childhood obesity and prevention and management methods in dental office
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Seung-Hwan Ong
, Young-Jae Kim
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Department of Pediatric Dentistry, School of Dentistry, Seoul National University
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- Corresponding author: Young-Jae Kim Tel: +82-2-2072-3080, Fax: +82-2-744-3599, Email: neokarma@snu.ac.kr
- Received: October 19, 2023; Revised: October 25, 2023 Accepted: November 30, 2023.
- Abstract
- Childhood obesity is a common chronic disease in childhood, and its prevalence and socioeconomic costs have increased worldwide over the past 40 years. The World Health Organization has designated obesity as a global epidemic, emphasizing the need for its treatment and management. The impacts of childhood obesity on dentistry include a higher risk of dental caries, advanced dental development, as well as psychological changes (anxiety, depression, attention deficit hyperactiv-ity disorder) and physical changes (increased complications, changes in drug metabolism) that should be considered when implementing preventive strategies, orthodontic treatment, behavior management and sedative procedures. Dentists should regularly check child’s body mass index and diet for every child visiting dental office. Parental obesity, consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, poor dietary habits, and lack of exercise can be a risk factors for obesity in normal/overweight child. Diet counseling should be provided to high-risk children and their parents. Preventing childhood obesity is crucial, and the key point in treating childhood obesity is behavior modification therapy, which focuses on regulating daily eating
habits and physical activity. Dentists should recognize the seriousness of childhood obesity and participate in the prevention and management of the obesity epidemic, thus enhancing oral and systemic health
Keywords :Childhood obesity; Body mass index; Dental caries; Dental development; Oral health
