The Prevalence of Dental Caries in Smokers and Smokeless Tobacco Users
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Introduction
To assess the prevalence of dental caries in smokers and smokeless tobacco (ST) users and compare it with that of nonusers.Materials And Methods
A sample of 549 patients of both genders within 1875 years, visiting the Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, were categorized as follows: Group A199 patients who smoked tobacco, Group B150 patients who use ST, and Group C200 patients with no habit of tobacco usage. A clinical examination of dental caries was conducted using Blacks criteria, and habit duration, frequency, form, and the type of tobacco used were recorded.The obtained data were statistically analyzed by KruskalWallis analysis of variance with post-hoc Conover test using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences software.
Results
The study revealed a higher prevalence of dental caries in the control group (mean2.78) followed by the group with ST usage (mean2.36) and then the group with smokers (mean2.23), with the age range within 2635 years having statistical significance of P Conclusion
There was a high prevalence of caries in control patients followed by ST users when compared to the group with smoking habit. The higher presence of caries in the ST usage group might be due to the presence of sweeteners in tobacco-chewing agents. Caries prevalence was less among smokers probably to thiocyanate (anticariogenic) activity in their saliva.Keywords:
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English
Published:
Dental Hypotheses, Volume:9 Issue: 2, Apr-Jun 2018
Page:
36
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