Passive Smoking and Oral Health of Infants, Preschoolers, and Children: A Systematic Review.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Almost half of the world's children experience passive smoking, which is linked to numerous oral health conditions. The aim is to synthesize data on the impact of passive smoking on oral health of infants, preschoolers, and children.

Aims and methods

A search was conducted across Medline (via EBSCOhost), PubMed, and Scopus up to February 2023. Risk of bias was assessed according to the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS).

Results

The initial search produced 1221 records and after removal of duplicates, screening by title and abstract, and full-text assessment, 25 studies were eligible for review and data extraction. The majority of studies (94.4%) found a correlation between passive smoking and increased prevalence of dental caries with three studies suggesting

SUBMITTER: Uthayakumar T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10445258 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature