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Background: Smokeless tobacco use has serious oral health consequences. The purpose of this current research is to determine the level of dental care utilization among individuals with smokeless tobacco use as compared with individuals who do not use smokeless tobacco. Method: The U.S. national dataset, 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS), was the data source for the cross-sectional study. Smokeless tobacco use and having a dental visit within the previous year were determined from the BRFSS questionnaire. There were 94,821participants included. Chi square and logistic regression analyses were conducted. Results: There was a significant relationship with smokeless tobacco use and not having a dental visit within the previous year even after adjusting for sex, race/ethnicity, age, education, income, health insurance, smoking, and region. The adjusted odds ratio was 1.42 (95 %CI: 1.17, 1.69; p = 0.0002). Conclusion: Individuals who use smokeless tobacco products are less likely to have a dental visit within the previous year.
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PURPOSE: Editors often require ethical statements in research publications. This is particularly important with genetic data where discrimination may occur upon data disclosures. The purpose of this research is to determine if there was a positive trend of publishing ethical statements in dental genetic research. The study is limited to AXIN2 mutations which may be associated with oligodontia and cancer. METHODS: A MEDLINE search of 2011-2021 articles concerning AXIN2, oligodontia, and ethical statements was conducted. Reviews, nonhuman subject research, abstracts, and articles not written nor translated into English were excluded. RESULTS: Forty-four studies were found; 10 excluded. There were 25 (75.8%) with ethical statements, and 25 (75.8%) with participant consent statements. There was no significant difference by year in ethical statements over the ten years (p = 0.094). CONCLUSION: There is a need to encourage more ethical statements in publications especially for genetically sensitive topics to reassure readers of ethical practices.