Oral manifestations of "meth mouth": A case report

Journal of Contemporary Dental Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 73-80

  Turkyilmaz, Ilser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Caries; Dentistry; Drug; Meth mouth; Methamphetamine

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053425580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15263711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5005/jcdp-11-1-73     Document Type: Article

References (27)

1. ADA Division of Communications; Journal of the American Dental Association; ADA Division of Scientific Affairs. For the dental patient... methamphetamine use and oral health. J Am Dent Assoc. 2005; 136(10):1491.
2. Matteucci MJ, Auten JD, Crowley B, Combs D, Clark RF. Methamphetamine exposures in young children. Pediatr Emerg Care. 2007; 23(9):638-40.
3. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Drug Abuse. Methamphetamine: abuse and addiction. National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Report Series, 2006, http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchReports/methamph/methamph.html.
4. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Institute on Drug Abuse. Methamphetamine. NIDA infofacts, 2007, http://www.nida.nih.gov/infofacts/ methamphetamine.html.
5. Henry JA. Amphetamines. In: Ford MD, Delaney KA, Ling LJ, Erickson T, editors. Clinical toxicology. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.; 2001. p. 620-7.
6. McDaniel TF, Miller D, Jones R, Davis M. Assessing patient willingness to reveal health history information. J Am Dent Assoc. 1995; 126(3):375-9.
7. Mallatt ME. Meth mouth: a national scourge. J Indiana Dent Assoc. 2005; 84(3):28-9.
8. Gonzales R, Marinelli-Casey P, Shoptaw S, Ang A, Rawson RA. Hepatitis C virus infection among methamphetamine-dependent individuals in outpatient treatment. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2006; 31(2):195-202.
9. Shoptaw S, Reback CJ. Associations between methamphetamine use and HIV among men who have sex with men: a model for guiding public policy. J Urban Health. 2006; 83(6):1151-7.
10. Shaner JW. Caries associated with methamphetamine abuse. J Mich Dent Assoc. 2002; 84(9):42-7.
11. Saini T, Edwards PC, Kimmes NS, Carroll LR, Shaner JW, Dowd FJ. Etiology of xerostomia and dental caries among methamphetamine abusers. Oral Health Prev Dent. 2005; 3(3):189-95.
12. Shaner JW, Kimmes N, Saini T, Edwards P. "Meth mouth": rampant caries in methamphetamine abusers. AIDS Patient Care STDS. 2006; 20(3):146-50.
13. Curtis EK. Meth mouth: a review of methamphetamine abuse and its oral manifestations. Gen Dent. 2006; 54(2):125-9.
14. McGrath C, Chan B. Oral health sensations associated with illicit drug abuse. Br Dent J. 2005; 198(3):159-62.
15. Milosevic A, Agrawal N, Redfearn P, Mair L. The occurrence of toothwear in users of Ecstasy (3,4-methylenedioxymethamphetamine). Community Dent Oral Epidemiol. 1999; 27(4):283-7.
16. Rhodus NL, Bereuter J. Clinical evaluation of a commercially available oral moisturizer in relieving signs and symptoms of xerostomia in postirradiation head and neck cancer patients and patients with Sjögren's syndrome. J Otolaryngol. 2000; 29(1):28-34.
17. Fox PC, van der Ven PF, Baum BJ, Mandel ID. Pilocarpine for the treatment of xerostomia associated with salivary gland dysfunction. Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol. 1986; 61(3):243-8.
18. Rhodus NL. Oral pilocarpine HCl stimulates labial (minor) salivary gland flow in patients with Sjögren's syndrome. Oral Dis. 1997; 3(2):93-8.
19. Laslett AM, Crofts JN. "Meth mouth". Med J Aust. 2007; 186(12):661.
20. McGee SM, McGee DN, McGee MB. Spontaneous intracerebral hemorrhage related to methamphetamine abuse: autopsy findings and clinical correlation. Am J Forensic Med Pathol. 2004; 25(4):334-7.
21. Donaldson M, Goodchild JH. Oral health of the methamphetamine abuser. Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2006; 63(21):2078-82.
22. Heng CK, Badner VM, Schiop LA. Meth mouth. N Y State Dent J. 2008; 74(5):50-1.
23. Goodchild JH, Donaldson M. Methamphetamine abuse and dentistry: a review of the literature and presentation of a clinical case. Quintessence Int. 2007; 38(7):583-90.
24. Morio KA, Marshall TA, Qian F, Morgan TA. Comparing diet, oral hygiene and caries status of adult methamphetamine users and nonusers: a pilot study. J Am Dent Assoc. 2008; 139(2):171-6.
25. Morales S. Aesthetic reconstruction of "meth mouth". Dent Today. 2006; 25(5):86, 88-91.
26. Hamamoto DT, Rhodus NL. Methamphetamine abuse and dentistry. Oral Dis. 2009; 15(1):27-37.
27. Abdollahi M, Rahimi R, Radfar M. Current opinion on drug-induced oral reactions: a comprehensive review. J Contemp Dent Pract. 2008; 9(3):1-15.