EATING DISORDERS AND ORAL HEALTH STATUS

C. Salerno
 

Private Practice, Via Rossini 3, 80100, Naples, Italy
Correspondence to:
Carmen Salerno
Private Practice,
Via Rossini 3, 80100,
Naples, Italy
e-mail: carmensalerno1@virgilio.it

Received: 27 February, 2018 Accepted:  04  April,2018

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ABSTRACT

Eating disorders (EDs) represent a group of multiple pathological conditions defined in psychiatric classifications as “severe mental illness”, which require specialized treatments with an integrated multidisciplinary approach due to their multifactorial origin. Nutrition and EDs are divided as follows: a) anorexia nervosa; b) bulimia nervosa; c) binge-eating disorder; d) avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder; e) rumination disorder; f) pica; g) other specific disorders of nutrition; h) unspecified nutrition and EDs. The qualitative and quantitative modifications of the food introduced daily also involve manifestations affecting the oral cavity. Consequently, an individual suffering from ED with an altered diet will have insufficient nutrition and compromised overall health. This work aims to provide a general view of EDs and the effects on oral health resulting from EDs.

KEYWORDS: food intake, weight, nutrition, eating disorders, oral health