Review Article

Year : 2021 | Volume : 9 | Issue : 2 | Page : 107 - 112

Proposed Solutions to Reduce the Impact of Air Pollution on Oral and Dental Public Health

Maryam Salah H. R. Ali

Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Ahram Canadian University, Giza, Egypt

Address for correspondence:

Dr. Maryam Salah H. R. Ali,

Faculty of Oral and Dental Medicine, Ahram Canadian University, 6th of October city, Giza (12451), Egypt.

E‐mail: maryam.salah.ali@gmail.com

Abstract

Air pollution plays an important role in affecting the general health of people. It can also affect their comfort and well‐being and hence the quality of life. Whereas, no one can doubt that air pollution is one of the most harmful things in our daily life. Despite this, air pollution is now a common term that rings in our ears. Therefore, this is a sufficient justification that requires more studies in this important field to increase health awareness and maintain public health. Air pollution is one of those that refer to environmental pollution through gaseous, liquid, solid, or other waste products that have bad effects on the health of all creatures. The paper aims to present the impact of some sources of air pollution on animals and plants as they are among the main sources of people’s food. This is in addition to presenting some diseases that affect the general health of humans as a result of air pollution, through a descriptive and observational review of the problem under study as a case in the field of oral and dental medicine. In conclusion, proposed solutions were presented to reduce the sources of air pollution for the benefit of human public health, especially in the current period as a result of the multiple mutations of the coronavirus.

Keywords: Air pollution, human, oral and dental medicine, public health, quality of life

How to cite this article:

Ali MS. Proposed solutions to reduce the impact of air pollution on oral and dental public health. Int J Community Dent 2021;9:107-12.