Tilaye Arega Moges, Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Faisel Dula Sema
Unintended medication discrepancies and associated factors upon patient admission to the internal medicine wards: identified through medication reconciliation
BMC health services research
oral health vital indicator wellbeing influenced various habits lifestyles individuals oral diseases bottleneck effective control noncommunicable diseases ncds due chronic nature reciprocal relationship sharing common risk factors habits sugar tobacco alcohol consumption increase risk developing various inevitable diseases however lack literature highlighting relationship risk factors oral diseases general health among individuals crosssectional study carried among 500 study participants aged 20 64 years gave written informed consent recruited multistage stratified cluster sampling technique among workers five bone factories working least one year since january 2001 march 2022 sambhal city uttar pradesh whobasic oral health survey1997 used record data regarding sociodemographic oral health status variables used modified whostepwise prestructured questionnaire record tobacco consumption habits oral healthseeking behavior scheduled clinical intraoral examination record decayed missing filled teeth dmft index interview premises five bone factories among 500 bonefactory workers total number males 342 6840 158 3160 females mean age standard deviation 3318 10 mean dmft score factory workers 284 312 production workers highest mean dmft score 460 325 half factory workers 532 tobacco users tobacco users 352 times likely severe dmft index common precancerous lesions oral submucous fibrosis leukoplakia compared nontobacco users mild tobacco users 680 folds higher odds oral lesions tobacco consumption harmful oral health also leads several noncommunicable systemic diseases ncds dental caries chronic preventable conditions bidirectional relationship implicated modifiable major risk factors tobacco consumption decreasing consumption tobacco use may improve oral health reduce risk development ncds also regular dental visits scheduled monitor oral health status factory workers additionally tailored intervention tobacco cessation implicated maintain general oral health industrial workers