Bhadauria Upendra Singh, Purohit Bharathi, Giraudeau Nicolas, Atri Mansi, Priya Harsh
Division of Public Health Dentistry, CDER-AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
CEPEL, CNRS, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
BDJ Open. 2025 Mar 31;11(1):32. doi: 10.1038/s41405-025-00310-2.
Direct effects of climate change on different domains of general health have been well documented with evidence-based literature; however, the implications for oral health and dentistry have been addressed in different forms of research papers and lack a comprehensive evaluation.
We aimed to conduct a scoping review of the existing literature to elucidate the connections between the impact of climate change on oral health and dentistry, exploring how environmental shifts can influence dental diseases and practices and offering insights for future dental care using a systematic search strategy.
A systematic search was carried out using keywords in PubMed, Embase, and Scopus databases. Boolean operators were also used to combine the searches and elaborate the search strategy. We did not apply any restriction of time frame or language to the articles. A total of 10 papers were included in the final review. The findings from different papers have reported direct/indirect associations of climate change with oral diseases and conditions such as dental caries, dental erosion, and oral cancer; developmental defects of enamel; early childhood caries; periodontal disease; and dental trauma, skeletal, and dental fluorosis.
The findings synthesize a nascent yet significant body of research exploring how environmental changes driven by climate change impact the dental profession and oral health outcomes. Continued research and policy attention are imperative to address the complex and evolving challenges posed by climate change to oral health.
气候变化对总体健康不同领域的直接影响已有基于证据的文献充分记载；然而，气候变化对口腔健康和牙科的影响仅在不同形式的研究论文中有所涉及，缺乏全面评估。
我们旨在对现有文献进行范围综述，以阐明气候变化对口腔健康和牙科的影响之间的联系，探讨环境变化如何影响牙科疾病和诊疗，并通过系统检索策略为未来牙科护理提供见解。
在PubMed、Embase和Scopus数据库中使用关键词进行系统检索。还使用布尔运算符组合检索并完善检索策略。我们对文章未施加任何时间框架或语言限制。最终综述纳入了10篇论文。不同论文的研究结果报告了气候变化与口腔疾病和状况的直接/间接关联，如龋齿、牙侵蚀和口腔癌；牙釉质发育缺陷；幼儿龋齿；牙周病；以及牙外伤、骨骼氟中毒和牙氟中毒。
研究结果综合了一批新兴但重要的研究，探讨气候变化驱动的环境变化如何影响牙科行业和口腔健康结果。必须持续开展研究并给予政策关注，以应对气候变化给口腔健康带来的复杂且不断演变的挑战。
