Bariatric surgery as a risk factor in the development of dental caries: a systematic review.

Objectives: Obesity is one of the most prevalent chronic pathologies in the world and has become a public health problem. At the present time, bariatric surgery (BS) is considered the best option and the only effective method of treatment, but it can occasionally result in a series of alterations at the oral level. This study aims to review the current literature to establish the possible association of patients who have undergone BS and a greater risk of dental caries.

Is there an association between dental implants and squamous cell carcinoma?

Introduction The complications associated with dental implants are numerous, most of them of an inflammatory nature; nevertheless, some isolated cases of oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) have been found in the vicinity of the implants. The objective of the present article is to know whether there is an association between dental implants and the development of OSCC.Method and materials A search was carried out in Medline, Tripdatabase and Cochrane with the keywords 'dental implants' AND 'squamous cell carcinoma', and 'dental implant complications' AND 'squamous cell carcinoma.