Dental and oral health status of an Iranian population of drug abusers: A comparative study

Kalbassi, Salmeh; Aligoudarzi, Samira Louni; Asgary, Vahid

doi:10.4314/tjpr.v17i3.24

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“…The characteristics of included studies were recorded on table 1. The most frequent psychotropic drugs used were methamphetamine (MA) (50%) 12,13,14,18,19,20,21,26,27 , cocaine (44%) 12,17,18,22,23,25,26,28 , heroin (38%) 12,14,15,16,17,18,27 , cannabis (38%) 11,12,17,18,22,27 , opium (11%) 24,27 . 6 studies were using polydrug abusers as samples.…”

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“…Study qualitative Of the 18 reviewed papers, 8 studies were Q1 11,13,14,20,22,22,27 , 6 were Q2 15,17,19,23,25,26 , and 4 were Q3. 16,18,24,28 According to Sco-pus index, all of the included studies were considered as high quality.…”

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“…5 Our review found that in descending prevalence of this drug type were: MA, cannabis, heroin, cocaine, and opium, while six studies reported using polydrug use. 12,14,17,18,22,28 Polydrug use proved to be closely associated with higher levels of dependence and with the risk of overdose. 29 In terms of routes of administration, our study revealed that in descending frequency of the most patterns of use were: smoking, inhalation, injection, and oral route.…”

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Oral Manifestation Related to Drug Abuse : A Systematic Review

Djou

Dewi

2019

Dentika Dental J.

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Drug abuse influences the pathological of oral diseases. There are scarce evidence-based data on the oral manifestations related to drug abuse. This systematic review aim to assess the oral manifestations related to drug abuse. Electronic databases were searched using keywords include oral manifestations and drug abuse. Observational studies published until September 2018 with the outcome of oral manifestations related to drug abuse were included. Data were extracted as percentage include drug type, route of administration, and oral manifestations. Study quality was assessed using the quartile score of Scopus index. The systematic review of 17 studies revealed that methamphetamine (53%), heroin (41%), cannabis (35%), and cocaine (35%) were the most frequent abused drugs from 10139 samples. The routes of administration include smoking (58%),inhalation (35%), injection (35%), and oral route (17%), with duration of use ranged from one year to forty years. The most significant of oral manifestations reported were periodontal diseases (76%), dental caries (76%), and xerostomia (41%). Adverse drug reaction in oral cavity may cause, directly or indirectly, immunosuppression, susceptibility to infections, and oral pathologies due to chemical composition and mechanism of action specifically to drug type related with duration of use and route of administration.

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Oral Manifestation Related to Drug Abuse : A Systematic Review

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Dewi

2019

Dentika Dental J.

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“…Meth mouth is an irreversible loss of tooth structure that causes loss of teeth, xerostomia, bruxism, and other oral complications that are clinical features of the prolonged use of the substance methamphetamine. 8 The consequence of the long-term use of methamphetamine on oral and dental health is the development of tooth decay, in which the teeth of the substance abuser appears to be dark and in the process of decaying. The oral and dental health problems accompanied by hallucinogenic drug abuse include xerostomia, poor oral hygiene, bad taste in mouth, extensive caries particularly in the buccal surface and inter-proximal surfaces, contraction and tenderness of masticator muscles leading to bruxism and dental erosions, periodontal diseases and temporomandibular joint disorders.…”

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Substance Abuse and Oral Health of Adolescence

Osadolor

Onyejaka

2022

J. Nep. Assoc. Ped. Dent.

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Substance abuse is a rising health trend that affects countries worldwide.It is associated with financial, social, medical, oral and economic effects that can affect the user, community and the society. Some substances have been used in the history of mankind for religious, cultural, recreational and medicinal purposes. Substance abuse among adolescents is increasing with possible associated factors like peer influence, availability and affordability of substances, favourable parental attitude to substance use, parental substance use problems, parental approval of substance use in early adolescence, family structure, locality of residence, social bonding, boredom, type of school, and adventurous personality. Oral health conditions among substance abusers may be attributed to the direct impact of the chemical qualities and nature of the illicit substances on oral tissues, decreased saliva production, concentration, personal preference, the frequency and amount of consumption of the abused substanceand the substance abuser associated oral health risk behaviours.

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“…Oral health problems are still counted as a crucial public health issue despite being preventable. Oral health status can be affected by some factors including; drug abuse, opioids, smoking alcohol ( Kalbassi et al, 2018 ) and environmental pollutants such as pesticides and heavy metals ( Shiue, 2015 ) and systemic conditions such as obesity, hypertension and diabetes ( Chomkhakhai et al, 2009 ). Almost 3.5 billion people of all ages throughout the world are affected by oral diseases ( Kassebaum et al, 2017 ).…”

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The profile of Oral Health Branch of Rafsanjan Cohort Study (OHBRCS) in Rafsanjan City, southeast of Iran

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Sharifi,

Salari Sedigh

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Preventive Medicine Reports

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Dental and oral health status of an Iranian population of drug abusers: A comparative study

Cited by 4 publications

References 18 publications

Oral Manifestation Related to Drug Abuse : A Systematic Review

Oral Manifestation Related to Drug Abuse : A Systematic Review

Substance Abuse and Oral Health of Adolescence

The profile of Oral Health Branch of Rafsanjan Cohort Study (OHBRCS) in Rafsanjan City, southeast of Iran

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