Dental profile of a community of recovering drug addicts: Biomedical aspects. Retrospective cohort study

to obtain a biomedical oral profile of a community of adult drug addicts in treatment by analysing their dental health, with a view to determining whether the state of their oral health could be attributed primarily to their lifestyle and the direct consequences of drug abuse on their overall condit...

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Published in:Medicina oral, patología oral y cirugía bucal patología oral y cirugía bucal, 2013-07, Vol.18 (4), p.e671-e679
Main Authors: Mateos-Moreno, María-Victoria, Del-Río-Highsmith, Jaime, Riobóo-García, Rafael, Solá-Ruiz, Maria-Fernanda, Celemín-Viñuela, Alicia
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Cohort Studies
Drug Users
Humans
Medically compromised patients in Dentistry
Middle Aged
Mouth Diseases - epidemiology
Mouth Diseases - etiology
Oral Health
Oral Hygiene
Retrospective Studies
Substance-Related Disorders - complications
Substance-Related Disorders - rehabilitation
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Summary:to obtain a biomedical oral profile of a community of adult drug addicts in treatment by analysing their dental health, with a view to determining whether the state of their oral health could be attributed primarily to their lifestyle and the direct consequences of drug abuse on their overall condition, rather than to the effects of the drugs used. The study was conducted under the terms of an agreement between the Complutense University of Madrid's (UCM) Odontology Faculty and the City of Madrid's Substance Abuse Institute. Seventy drug addicts and 34 control group subjects were examined. The study assessed oral hygiene habits, systemic pathology, type of drugs used and the duration of use, oral pathology, oral health indices, risk of caries based on saliva tests, oral candidiasis and periodontal microbiology. Statistically significant differences (p
ISSN:1698-6946
1698-4447
1698-6946
DOI:10.4317/medoral.18669