Relação da doença celíaca e a odontologia : revisão de literatura.

Abstract

Celiac disease is one of the most common gastrointestinal disorders, and the number of people affected by the disease has been growing in recent years. It can be defined as an autoimmune disease that generates a permanent intolerance to gluten, contained in food, causing chronic inflammation in the small intestine. The signs and symptoms of this disease are varied, the most characteristic being intestinal ones, such as abdominal pain and diarrhea. However, several extraintestinal alterations are also mentioned, among them we can highlight those that occur in the oral cavity, the most common being dental enamel defects and recurrent aphthous stomatitis. Thus, the dentist has an important role in detecting such changes, to improve their diagnosis and carry out the appropriate treatment, in addition to helping in the diagnosis of the disease by referring the patient correctly. The objective of this study was to demystify celiac disease for the dental community, as well as show how this disease affects oral health, its oral manifestations and the importance of this knowledge for dentists. For this, a literature review was carried out, using books available in the UNISC library and scientific articles found in the LILACS, PubMed, Scielo and Google databases, in Portuguese and English, giving priority to articles published from 2011 The authors used agree that defects in dental enamel and recurrent aphthous stomatitis are important signs of celiac disease, as it has a higher prevalence in celiac patients, however, the mechanisms for its appearance are still uncertain.