Smoking tobacco products daily may increase adults' caries increment over 4 years

Deborah E Polk

doi:10.1016/j.jebdp.2015.01.002

Smoking tobacco products daily may increase adults' caries increment over 4 years

J Evid Based Dent Pract. 2015 Mar;15(1):37-8. doi: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2015.01.002. Epub 2015 Jan 8.

Author

Deborah E Polk¹

Affiliation

¹ Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Dental Public Health, 3501 Terrace St., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: dpolk@pitt.edu.

PMID: 25666582
DOI: 10.1016/j.jebdp.2015.01.002

Abstract

Article title and bibliographic information: Daily smoking and 4-year caries increment in Finnish adults. Bernabé E, Delgado-Angulo EK, Vehkalahti MM, Aromaa A, Suominen AL. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2014;42(5):428-34.

Reviewer: Deborah E. Polk, PhD PURPOSE/QUESTION: Does daily smoking increase an adult's caries increment over 4 years?

Source of funding: Health 2000 SURVEY: Government: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Non-profits: Finnish Dental Society Apollonia, Finnish Dental Association, Follow-Up Study on Finnish Adults' Oral Health: Government: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Social Insurance Institution of Finland.

Type of study/design: Cohort study

Level of evidence: Level 2: limited-quality patient-oriented evidence

Strength of recommendation grade: Not applicable.

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MeSH terms

Dental Caries / epidemiology*
Female
Humans
Male
Smoking / adverse effects*
Smoking / epidemiology*