Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population.
Background: The dependence on the illicit drugs has been proven to be harmful to the oral cavity and may lead to a series of abnormal manifestations. The main objective of this study was to observe the effects caused by the consumption of illicit drugs in the oral cavity, in a prison population in...
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Background: The dependence on the illicit drugs has been proven to be harmful to the oral cavity and may lead to a series of abnormal manifestations. The main objective of this study was to observe the effects caused by the consumption of illicit drugs in the oral cavity, in a prison population in the North of Portugal.
Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted involving 91 male inmates aged 25-75 years (mean age 41.14 ± 8.98), from Paços de Ferreira Prison. The participants were subjected to a medical interview and a clinical examination. Descriptive statistics and the Chi-square test were used to assess the association between the qualitative variables. The level of statistical significance used was α ≤ 0.05.
Results: The consumption of illicit drugs proved to be a common practice (86.8%), where cannabis, heroin and cocaine were the most prevalent (29.1%). Thirty-one inmates were attending the methadone rehabilitation program (34.1%). Most of patients consuming illicit substances, were also smokers (93.7%) (p<.001). Of the 91 participants, 82 (90.1%) presented oral manifestations, with caries lesions being the most prevalent (61.0%) and oral mucosa lesions the least observed (3.7%). Heavy drug consumption was related with rampant caries lesion (p=.011) and chewing difficulty (p=.024) when compared with cannabis consumption.
Conclusion: The main oral manifestations found, associated to the consumption of illicit drugs were caries lesions, tooth loss and sensitivity, periodontal diseases, temporomandibular disorders, xerostomia, and bruxism.
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| spelling | doaj-art-f146fba8d8bf49098dde618a85d8113a2025-01-21T08:08:07ZengMedical Journals SwedenActa Odontologica Scandinavica0001-63571502-38502025-01-018410.2340/aos.v84.42721Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population.Marta Relvas0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0713-2041Luciana Rocha1Paulo Rompante2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4932-7437Filomena Salazar3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6693-4426Luís Monteiro4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8938-1297Ana Sofia Vinhas5https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1444-000XMaria Gonçalves6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7950-0053Oral Pathology and Rehabilitation Research Unit (UNIPRO), University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS-CESPU), 4585-116 Gandra, PortugalOral Pathology and Rehabilitation Research Unit (UNIPRO), University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS-CESPU), 4585-116 Gandra, PortugalOral Pathology and Rehabilitation Research Unit (UNIPRO), University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS-CESPU), 4585-116 Gandra, PortugalOral Pathology and Rehabilitation Research Unit (UNIPRO), University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS-CESPU), 4585-116 Gandra, PortugalOral Pathology and Rehabilitation Research Unit (UNIPRO), University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS-CESPU), 4585-116 Gandra, PortugalOral Pathology and Rehabilitation Research Unit (UNIPRO), University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS-CESPU), 4585-116 Gandra, PortugalAssociate Laboratory i4HB—Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, University Institute of Health Sciences—CESPU, Gandra 4585-116, Portugal; UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Translational Toxicology Research Laboratory, University Institute of Health Sciences (1H-TOXRUN, IUCS—CESPU), Gandra, Portugal Background: The dependence on the illicit drugs has been proven to be harmful to the oral cavity and may lead to a series of abnormal manifestations. The main objective of this study was to observe the effects caused by the consumption of illicit drugs in the oral cavity, in a prison population in the North of Portugal. Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted involving 91 male inmates aged 25-75 years (mean age 41.14 ± 8.98), from Paços de Ferreira Prison. The participants were subjected to a medical interview and a clinical examination. Descriptive statistics and the Chi-square test were used to assess the association between the qualitative variables. The level of statistical significance used was α ≤ 0.05. Results: The consumption of illicit drugs proved to be a common practice (86.8%), where cannabis, heroin and cocaine were the most prevalent (29.1%). Thirty-one inmates were attending the methadone rehabilitation program (34.1%). Most of patients consuming illicit substances, were also smokers (93.7%) (p<.001). Of the 91 participants, 82 (90.1%) presented oral manifestations, with caries lesions being the most prevalent (61.0%) and oral mucosa lesions the least observed (3.7%). Heavy drug consumption was related with rampant caries lesion (p=.011) and chewing difficulty (p=.024) when compared with cannabis consumption. Conclusion: The main oral manifestations found, associated to the consumption of illicit drugs were caries lesions, tooth loss and sensitivity, periodontal diseases, temporomandibular disorders, xerostomia, and bruxism. https://medicaljournalssweden.se/actaodontologica/article/view/42721Illicit drugsprison populationoral disordersoral lesions |
| spellingShingle | Marta Relvas Luciana Rocha Paulo Rompante Filomena Salazar Luís Monteiro Ana Sofia Vinhas Maria Gonçalves Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population. Acta Odontologica Scandinavica Illicit drugs prison population oral disorders oral lesions |
| title | Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population. |
| title_full | Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population. |
| title_fullStr | Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population. |
| title_short | Oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population. |
| title_sort | oral lesions and disorders and their prevalence arising from the use of illicit drugs in a prison population |
| topic | Illicit drugs prison population oral disorders oral lesions |
| url | https://medicaljournalssweden.se/actaodontologica/article/view/42721 |
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