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Carious Lesions in the Heroin Addicted Patient. A Case Report
Author(s) -
Shen EChin,
Fu Earl
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of periodontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.036
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1943-3670
pISSN - 0022-3492
DOI - 10.1902/jop.1998.69.8.938
Subject(s) - heroin , oral health , addiction , medicine , substance abuse , heroin dependence , dentition , psychiatry , heroin addiction , dentistry , psychology , drug
H eroin abuse is destroying the health of many individuals in our society. Much of the information that has appeared in the literature has concerned itself with the general health of addicts; the oral health status of these individuals has not been studied to the same extent. This report will present and discuss the management of a case involving the effects of long‐term heroin abuse on the dentition. J Periodontol 1998;69:938–940 .