Oral Health and the Risk of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Jaehun Jeong (정재훈); Jeongmin Park (박정민); Hyung-Sik Kim (김형식); Lee, Dongjun (이동준); Kihun Kim (김기훈); Kim Yun Hak (김윤학)

doi:10.11637/aba.2022.35.2.47

Oral Health and the Risk of COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Anatomy & Biological Anthropology
Abbr : Anat Biol Anthropol
2022, 35(2), pp.47~56
DOI : 10.11637/aba.2022.35.2.47
Publisher : 대한체질인류학회
Research Area : Medicine and Pharmacy > Anatomy
Received : June 10, 2022
Accepted : June 22, 2022
Published : June 30, 2022

Jaehun Jeong ¹, Jeongmin Park ¹, Hyung-Sik Kim ², Lee, Dongjun ², Kihun Kim ³, Kim Yun Hak ²

¹부산대학교 치과대학
²부산대학교
³고신대학교

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ABSTRACT

The importance of oral health care in respiratory infections has been highlighted in the past. Several recent studies have revealed the association between COVID-19 and oral health. This paper aims to comprehensively analyse the risk of COVID-19 with respect to oral health. The search was performed on 12 July 2021 using Embase and Medline. Cohort, case-control, and cross-sectional studies were included in this study. The Newcastle-Ottawa scale was used to qualitatively assess the risk of bias. The data were used for the odds ratio calculation, followed by the unadjusted value and 95% confidence interval. Five studies (one cohort, one case-control, and three cross-sectional studies) considered in this review included 16,721 participants. In the group with poor oral health, the incidence was 1.97 (0.93~4.16), the severity was 14.01 (4.89~40.20), the hospitalization rate was 2.01 (1.2~3.07), and the mortality was 1.41 (0.64~3.11) times higher than in the group with good oral health. Poor oral health increases the risk of COVID-19. To reduce the risk of COVID-19, comprehensive oral management guidelines are urgently required. Policymakers should establish appropriate countermeasures according to the national situation.

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COVID-19, Oral health, Meta-analysis, Observational study

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This paper was written with support from the National Research Foundation of Korea.

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