Cigarette smoking increases the risk of root canal treatment

E A Krall; C Abreu Sosa; C Garcia; M E Nunn; D J Caplan; R I Garcia

doi:10.1177/154405910608500406

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Cigarette smoking increases the risk of root canal treatment

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Cigarette smoking increases the risk of root canal treatment

E A Krall, C Abreu Sosa, C Garcia, M E Nunn, D J Caplan and R I Garcia

Journal of dental research, Vol.85(4), pp.313-317

04/2006

DOI: 10.1177/154405910608500406

PMCID: PMC2225991

PMID: 16567550

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Abstract

Few studies have investigated smoking as a risk factor for root canal treatment. We studied the effect of smoking on the incidence of root canal treatment, controlling for recognized risk factors, in 811 dentate male participants in the VA Dental Longitudinal Study. Participants were not VA patients. Follow-up ranged from 2 to 28 years. Root canal treatment was verified on radiographs and evaluated with proportional hazards regression models. Compared with never-smokers, current cigarette smokers were 1.7 times as likely to have root canal treatment (p < 0.001), but cigar and/or pipe use was not significantly associated with root canal treatment. The risk among cigarette smokers increased with more years of exposure and decreased with length of abstinence. These findings suggest that there is a dose-response relationship between cigarette smoking and the risk of root canal treatment.

Smoking - adverse effects

Prevalence

United States

Humans

Middle Aged

Male

Dental Pulp Diseases - etiology

Time Factors

Aged, 80 and over

Adult

Dental Pulp Diseases - diagnostic imaging

Root Canal Therapy - statistics & numerical data

Tooth, Nonvital - diagnostic imaging

Tooth, Nonvital - epidemiology

Risk Factors

Proportional Hazards Models

Dental Pulp Diseases - epidemiology

Radiography

Periodontal Index

Smoking - epidemiology

Dental Pulp Diseases - therapy

Aged

Causality

Longitudinal Studies

Population Surveillance

Cohort Studies

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Title: Subtitle: Cigarette smoking increases the risk of root canal treatment
Creators: E A Krall - VA Dental Longitudinal Study, VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine, MA 02118, USA. kralle@bu.edu
C Abreu Sosa
C Garcia
M E Nunn
D J Caplan
R I Garcia
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of dental research, Vol.85(4), pp.313-317
DOI: 10.1177/154405910608500406
PMID: 16567550
PMCID: PMC2225991
NLM abbreviation: J Dent Res
ISSN: 0022-0345
eISSN: 1544-0591
Publisher: United States
Grant note: R01 DE013807-01A1 / NIDCR NIH HHS T35 DE07268 / NIDCR NIH HHS R15 DE12644 / NIDCR NIH HHS K24 DE000419 / NIDCR NIH HHS R01 DA10073 / NIDA NIH HHS M01 RR000533 / NCRR NIH HHS K24 DE00419 / NIDCR NIH HHS T35 DE007268 / NIDCR NIH HHS M01 RR 000533 / NCRR NIH HHS R01 DE 013807 / NIDCR NIH HHS
Language: English
Date published: 04/2006
Academic Unit: Preventive and Community Dentistry
Record Identifier: 9983917682702771

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