title: Smoking tobacco products daily may increase adults' caries increment over 4 years.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Daily smoking and 4-year caries increment in Finnish adults. Bernabé E, Delgado-Angulo EK, Vehkalahti MM, Aromaa A, Suominen AL. Community Dent Oral Epidemiol 2014;42(5):428-34.
  
  
  METHODS
  Deborah E. Polk, PhD PURPOSE/QUESTION: Does daily smoking increase an adult's caries increment over 4 years?
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Health 2000 SURVEY: Government: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Non-profits: Finnish Dental Society Apollonia, Finnish Dental Association, Follow-Up Study on Finnish Adults' Oral Health: Government: National Institute for Health and Welfare, Social Insurance Institution of Finland.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cohort study
  
  
  METHODS
  Level 2: limited-quality patient-oriented evidence
  
  
  METHODS
  Not applicable.
authors: Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, School of Dental Medicine, Department of Dental Public Health, 3501 Terrace St., Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. Electronic address: dpolk@pitt.edu.
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authors: Polk
mesh_terms: D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000453:epidemiology*