Evidence Based Analysis on Neck and Low Back Pain among Dental Practitioners- A Systematic Review

Fatima AlOtaibi; Farah Muhammed Majed Nayfeh; Jazeel Ibrahem Alhussein; Noura AbdulHamid Alturki; Atheer Abdullah Alfawzan

doi:10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_92_22

Evidence Based Analysis on Neck and Low Back Pain among Dental Practitioners- A Systematic Review

J Pharm Bioallied Sci. 2022 Jul;14(Suppl 1):S897-S902. doi: 10.4103/jpbs.jpbs_92_22. Epub 2022 Jul 13.

Authors

Fatima AlOtaibi¹, Farah Muhammed Majed Nayfeh², Jazeel Ibrahem Alhussein², Noura AbdulHamid Alturki², Atheer Abdullah Alfawzan²

Affiliations

¹ Assistant Professor, Department of Restorative Dentistry, College of Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
² Dental Student, College of Dentistry, Riyadh Elm University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

Abstract

This systematic review was undertaken to assess neck and back pain in dental practitioners. Published articles from 2015 onwards were explored in search engines of Pubmed, Medline, Scopus and Journal of web for outcomes of neck and back pain in dental practitioners. A total of 13 articles were reviewed, after carefully considering the eligibility criteria. The prevalence of neck and back pain was considerably higher, with neck pain occurrence ranging from 13.02% to 84.6% and back pain observed in 15.7% - 88.9% of reviewed studies. A higher prevalence of musculoskeletal pain was observed stressing appropriate interventional measures to reduce the same.

Keywords: Back pain; dental practitioners; neck pain.