Exposure to Secondhand Smoke as a Predictor of Early Childhood Caries
Keywords:
Tobacco smoke, Children, Early childhood cavitiesAbstract
Objective: To associate the exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) and the development of early childhood caries (ECC). Specific objective, to analyze the scientific evidence available between SHS and ECC.
Materials and Method: An indexed search was conducted using databases from PUBMED, Web of science, PROQUEST, and Scopus, using search patterns: (Secondhand smoke OR passive smoking) AND (children) AND (dental caries OR caries) AND (early childhood caries). Articles from the last 5 years were considered, as inclusion criteria were considered ages from pregnancy up to children under 6-years old and systematically healthy. Studies performed on animals, or that included systemic diseases were excluded. Articles were selected based on information from the title, abstract, and keyword search.
Results: Of a total of 2.181 search results, 31 articles related to the topic were pre-selected, from which 15 articles that met the inclusion criteria were selected; of them, 7 were cross-sectional studies, 3 longitudinal studies, 2 case-control, and 3 systematic reviews. It was determined that there is a statistically significant association between SHS exposure and the development of ECC.
Conclusion: There is a direct relationship between exposure to secondhand smoke and the development of early childhood cavities.
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