Am J Med Public Health | Volume 4, Issue 1 | Research Article | Open Access
Aziz AJ1, Kashmiri AS2, Abedy MK3 and Barekzai AM4*
1Department of Stomatology and Pathology, Spinghar Institute of Higher Education, Kabul Campus, Afghanistan
2Department of Hematology and Stomatology, Spinghar Institute of Higher Education, Kabul Campus, Afghanistan
3Department of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, Spinghar Institute of Higher Education, Kabul Campus,
Afghanistan
4Spinghar Institute of Higher Education, Kabul campus, Afghanistan
*Correspondance to: [email protected]. af [email protected]
Fulltext PDFObjective: Oral disease is a term used to describe some of the more common dental problems. Affecting 3.9 billion people, with untreated oral disease worldwide. The most prevalent oral diseases globally are dental caries. Smoking cigarettes is associated with a variety of changes in the oral cavity. Method: A review Study starts from 2022/3/20 – 2022/8/20 among Kabul province adults between 18 to 75 years old males and females. We use SPSS for analyses of data. Result: In our study, the higher percentage 49.8% was aged between 18 to 29. The higher percentage was male. 83.3% were married and 13.8% were single. Of all participants, 74.4% are smokers and 68.4% smoke after meals. Of all participants 161 participants had the cough problem, 39 had chest pain, and 196 participants had a wound in their mouth due to smoke. Conclusion: We found that 74.4% of our population are smokers, The 161 participants reported that have the cough problem due to smoke, and 39 had chest pain. 196 of participants had a wound in their mouth.
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Aziz AJ, Kashmiri AS, Abedy MK, Barekzai AM. Smoking and the Risk of Oral Problems Among Afghan Adults. Am J Med Public Health. 2023; 4(1): 1039..