Oral status in adolescents with alcohol addiction

Abstract

Introduction:Alcohol addiction is one of major public health concerns because rich assortment of alcohol drinks, alcohol advertising may hasten the initiation of alcohol drinking and increase consumption among children and adolescents nowadays. Cytotoxic effect of alcohol is among the leading causes of oral mucosa malignant degeneration, therefore alcohol drinkers are at risk of cancerous diseases. This should be taken into consideration by dentists during routing check-ups. The assessment of oral status in alcohol abusers is essential for making up a treatment plan and prophylaxis, and the investigation of oral manifestations in alcohol drinkers is of great clinical significance.135 people who received treatment in the narcological unit of the A.F.Maltsev Poltava Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital have been examined according to the diagnostic criteria of the International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision with the diagnosis of “Mental and behavioural disorders due to use of alcohol” (code F10) [1]. The patients have been assigned into 2 groups according to the age and duration of alcohol abuse for more accurate evaluation of the dental status and to clarify some of the features of the development of pathological lesions, dependent on the duration of alcohol intoxication.