title: Oral effects of drug abuse.
abstract: Drug abuse is a major problem in the U.S. and most other countries of the world today. Many studies, surveys, and case reports have described the adverse social and medical effects of drug abuse; yet surprisingly little is known about the specific effects of many of these drugs in the oral cavity. This article reviews the current state of knowledge concerning the systemic and oral effects of drugs of abuse and the dental management of addicted patients.
authors.affiliation: Periodontics Department, Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, Texas 75246.
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Rees
mesh_terms: D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000276:immunology