**5. Conclusion**

The effects of mastication exert an influence on the mechanisms that trigger satiety. It implies nutritional re-education in individuals with obesity and also weight loss, as observed in previous studies. One can read in studies by many authors that new studies regarding procedures for treating obesity are necessary, particularly with the goal of improving the results and decreasing the costs and morbidity of obese patients. But, the basic, necessary characteristics for comprising a new treatment should be founded. On a minimally invasive procedure, without side effects, that would not interfere or modify gastro-intestinal anatomy.
