Moghees A Baig, Umair Dastgir Bhatti, Muhammad Aslam Sheikh.
Occupational dental erosion among chemical factory workers of Lahore.
Pak Oral Dental J Jan ;36(4):606-9.

Study was conducted to assess the occupational dental erosion among mineral, chemical and metal factory workers in Lahore, Pakistan. It was a descriptive cross sectional study in which 236 factory workers of Lahore formed the study group. Dental erosion was recorded using the Basic Erosive Wear Examination (BEWE) scoring system. The age of study subjects ranged from 18 to 55 years (mean age = 32.16 ± 3.39 years) comprising of 221 (93.6%) males and 15 (6.4%) females. The prevalence of dental erosion among the study subjects was 54.2%. Approximately 79.5% of the study participants, who had dental erosion, did not use mouth wash during or after work. The cumulative BEWE score was 1.94 ±3.01. The number of years spent at work had a significant relation with dental erosion (P = 0.000). It was concluded that number of years spent at work had a strong association with dental erosion. It is therefore strongly recommended that regular preventive oral health education programs and dental care services should be provided to such workers.

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