ArticleBMC oral health2022
Dental characteristics associated with methamphetamine use: analysis using forensic autopsy data.
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- Development and Administration of a Skin Survey Questionnaire for Methamphetamine Users.Cureus · 2025Article
- Analysis of the methamphetamine-related deaths in Eastern Saxony, Germany, between 2005 and 2019.Forensic science, medicine, and pathology · 2025Article
- Systematic review: oral and maxillofacial radiology as fundamental methods of virtual autopsy.Forensic sciences research · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundLittle is known regarding the oral conditions in nonelderly methamphetamine users, such as the presence of dental caries and periodontitis. We aimed the oral conditions between methamphetamine users and non-users stratified by age groups.
methodsIn this cross-sectional study, computed tomography images were obtained from 3,338 decedents at two forensic medicine departments in Japan. Decedents aged > 20 or ≤ 64 years were included in the study and categorised into methamphetamine-detected (MA) and undetected (control) groups based on toxicological examinations. Decedents in the MA and control groups were matched for age and sex in a 1:4 ratio. The matched pairs were further categorised into young adults (20-44 years) and middle-aged adults (45-64 years). Oral characteristics, including the decayed, missing, and filled teeth (DMFT) index; periodontitis; distributional patterns of each tooth condition; and occlusal status, were compared between the MA and control groups for each age category. Among 3,338 decedents, 37 young and 55 middle-aged adults in the MA group were matched with 148 and 220 adults in the control group, respectively.
resultsIn the young adult group, methamphetamine use was significantly associated with higher DMFT index (mean [standard deviation], 14.2 [7.6] vs 11.0 [6.1]; p = 0.007), smaller number of filled teeth (2.8 [2.9] vs 5.3 [4.0]; p = 0.001), higher proportion of periodontitis (39.0% vs 6.8%; p < 0.001), and lower proportion of occlusal support (54.1% vs 81.1%; p = 0.001). Young adult methamphetamine users tended to have untreated decayed canines and molars and missing molars. These findings were similar to those in middle-aged adults except the tendency to have missing maxillary incisors.
conclusionsNonelderly methamphetamine users had distinctive oral characteristics that may help screen for methamphetamine abuse through dental examinations.
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