Citation

Mezzich AC, Bretz WA, Day BS, Corby PM, Kirisci L, Swaney M, Cornelius JR, Weyant RJ. Am. J. Addict. 2007; 16(5): 397-402.

Affiliation

Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA. adacm@pitt.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1080/10550490701525509

PMID

17882611

Abstract

This study examined (1) orodental (OD) problems in 10-19-year-old children of substance use disorder (SUD) (n = 127) and non-SUD fathers (n = 111) and (2) the moderating effect of child's substance use (SU) involvement in the associations of paternal SUD and neglectful parenting with OD problems in the offspring. The results showed that periodontal problems differentiated between groups and the interactions between child's SU involvement and paternal SUD and neglectful parenting were respectively associated with hard/soft tissue lesions and carious lesions in the offspring, indicating that SU involvement increases risk for OD due to paternal SUD and neglectful parenting.

Language: en