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Table 1 Substance use among prisoners and oral health (DT, DMFT, MT, ETW) (Literature review)

From: Erosive tooth wear and use of psychoactive substances among Finnish prisoners

References

Year

Country

Substance use among prisoners

Sample size M male

Age, years Mean (SD)

D/DMF (SD)

Tooth wear/ETW prevalence

Akaji & Folaranmi

2013

Nigeria

52.2% smokers

n = 230, M 97%

28 (9.5)

DMF Mean 2 (0.8)

Smokers 2 (0.7)

Non-smokers 2 (0.8)

Almas et al.

2007

Saudi Arabia

98% smokers

61% alcohol drinkers

41% cannabis users

n = 100

M 56%

31 (8.9)

Cervical erosion/abrasion

Total 33%

Males 16%

Females 55%

Boyer et al.

2015

USA

87% smokers, 58% alcohol consumers, 55% methamphetamine (MA) users, 52% marijuana users, 24% cocaine users, 3% heroin users

MA users n = 95

M 79%

Non-MA users n = 79, M 94%

30 (8.3)

D:

MA users 8 (6.2)

Non-MA users 6 (5.1)

Brown et al.

2013

USA

Alcohol consumers 60%, methamphetamine users 60%

MA users n = 59,

M 80%

Non-MA users n = 40, M 80%

33 (10.8)

MA users 32 (9.3)

Non-MA users 33 (12.8)

D

MA users 9 (5.9)

Non-MA users 7 (5.4)

MA smokers 9 (6.1)

Non-oral MA users (intravenous/

intranasal) 7 (5.1)

DMF

Total 14 (6.7)

MA users 15 (6.3)

Non-MA users 12 (7.0)

MA smokers 16 (6.2)

Non-oral MA users (intravenous/

intranasal) 13 (6.3)

Heidari et al.

2007

Great Britain

84% alcohol consumers, 78% smokers, 55% cannabis smokers, 66% cocaine, 39% heroin, crack cocaine 12%

n = 78

36 (9.6)

D 4 (2.7)

DMF 14 (7.5)

Osborn et al.

2003

Australia

 

n = 789, M 83%

M 34 (12.4)

F 33 (10.5)

D 3

DMF 20

Reddy et al.

2012

India

59% beedi tobacco, 7.5% smokers, 6% beedi+smoking, 53% tobacco chewing, 39% tobacco chewing+smoking (beedi = indian tobacco)

n = 800, M 90%

41 (12.25)

DMF 5 (2.9)

Rouxel et al.

2013

Great Britain

66% current smokers, 11% past smokers, 23% never smoked

n = 103, females

31 (9.6)

D 3 (2.5)

DMF 12 (7.5)

  1. Beedi: Indian tobacco product