The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of oral functions and oral conditions in children and adolescents with
overweight or obesity, investigating possible associations with treatment for
weight reduction. Developing a cross-sectional research and quantitative
approach with inductive and descriptive and critical analysis of data, such as
from a range of 95%, the universe was represented by children and adolescents who were overweight or obese, in both sexes, treated at reference centers for
the treatment of obesity by the National Health System, in Campina Grande, Paraíba, 2010-2012. As the control
group considered subjects of the same age, in the process of screening
for attention in the places listed, but without the condition of overweight or
obese, the research was started after the approval by the Ethics Resarch
Committee of the UEPB under the protocol number 0513.0.133.000-09. As instruments
for data collection were used in the questionnaire and clinical examination, of
the 70 surveyed, most were female, ranging in age from 3 to 17 years,
overweight, without comorbidities and carriers of deleterious oral habits;
especially the nail biting, significantly associated with female sex p < 0.05.
Consistency was the preferred food paste and chewing quickly, unilaterally,
without discomfort or gagging constant. There was a significant difference
between the values of the DMFT index, the presence of visible biofilm and the
frequency of halitosis, for groups with
overweight or obesity, with association
between time of treatment and medications.