A scientometric study of tobacco and alcohol use as risk factors for oral cavity health.

ABSTRACT:

Background/purpose

Tobacco and alcohol are the well-known carcinogenic agents of oral cavity health. The purpose of this study was to investigate the scientometric characteristics of alcohol and tobacco use and oral health.

Materials and methods

The papers on alcohol and tobacco use and oral cavity were published since 1885 and 1895, respectively. All the eligible papers were retrieved on March 20, 2023 from the Scopus database.

Results

There are 2529 and 1545 papers on tobacco smoking and alcohol drinking and oral cavity in the Scopus database, respectively. Based on the frequency of keywords in all included papers, both smoking and drinking are involved in mouth neoplasms, oral cancer, leukoplakia, and periodontal diseases. In the papers on tobacco and alcohol use a

SUBMITTER: Liu H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10547978 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature