Importância do cirurgião-dentista no diagnóstico da bulimia: Revisão de literatura

Objective: To analyze the most common oral manifestations of bulimia through a literature review. Methods: The electronic search of publications in the databases Scielo, PubMed and Google Scholar was performed using the following keywords: bulimia, bulimia nervosa dental erosion and oral manifestations. The following were adopted as inclusion criteria: a) articles on bulimia nervosa and the diagnosis of the dentist, b) articles published from January 2006 to February 2018 and c) articles published in English. According to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 30 papers were selected. After its analysis, 10 articles were selected for the present study. Results: Even with the easy access to informational vehicles currently, there is still a low percentage of dentists who make an evaluation and treatment for eating disorders such as bulimia, with oral disorders present as erosion, dental caries and xerostomia. Final considerations: The surgeon-dentist should detect and treat specific oral alterations in patients with bulimia, in addition to understanding the oral alterations of patients with eating disorders and to instruct these patients after vomiting to reduce the harmful effects in the oral cavity.