Noise-induced hearing loss in dental staff
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Dental personnel use tools with high noise-levels, but use of hearing protection is irregular.
Question
What systematic reviews are there on risk for hearing loss in dental staff using high-speed handpieces?
Identified literature
No relevant systematic reviews were identified.
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Medline via OvidSP 15 February 2022
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Search terms | Items found | |
Population: Dental staff | ||
1. | exp dental auxiliaries/ or exp dental staff/ or exp dentists | 33 312 |
2. | (dentist* or (dental adj2 (staff or personnel or auxiliar* or practitioner* or therapist* or hygienist* or assistant* or nurse* or technician* or procedure* or surgery or clinic*))).ab,kf,ti. | 102 962 |
3. | 1 OR 2 | 119 402 |
Exposure/Outcome: Noise induced hearing loss | ||
4. | exp hearing loss/ or tinnitus/ or noise/ or noise, occupational/ or Occupational Exposure/ or Occupational Health/ | 186 251 |
5. | (((occupational or 'work related') adj2 (noise or hazard* or exposure or safety)) or (hearing adj2 (loss or conservation or protection or problem* or difficult* or impairment or disorder* or assessment)) or (noise adj3 (exposure or level or induced)) or tinnitus).ab,kf,ti. | 114 935 |
6. | 4 or 5 | 237 902 |
Study types: systematic reviews and meta-analysis | ||
7. | Systematic Review.pt. OR Meta-Analysis.pt. OR Cochrane Database Syst Rev.ja. OR ((systematic adj3 review) OR "meta analys*" OR metaanalys*).ti,ab. | |
Combined sets | ||
8. | 3 AND 6 | 1 606 |
9. | 8 AND 9 | 15 |
Final result | ||
10. | 8 AND 9 | 15 |
Embase via Elsevier 15 February 2022
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Search terms | Items found | |
Population: Dental staff | ||
1. | 'dental personnel'/exp OR 'dental procedure'/exp OR 'dental clinic'/exp | 276 669 |
2. | dentist*:ti,ab,kw OR ((dental NEAR/2 (staff OR personnel OR auxiliar* OR practitioner* OR therapist* OR hygienist* OR assistant* OR nurse* OR technician* OR procedure* OR surgery OR clinic*)):ti,ab,kw) | 107 751 |
3. | 1 OR 2 | 326 130 |
Exposure/Outcome: Noise induced hearing loss | ||
4. | 'hearing impairment'/de OR 'occupational deafness'/de OR 'tinnitus'/exp OR 'occupational exposure'/de OR 'occupational hazard'/de OR 'noise'/exp OR 'occupational safety'/exp | 335 696 |
5. | (((occupational OR 'work related') NEAR/2 (noise OR hazard* OR exposure OR safety)):ti,ab,kw) OR ((hearing NEAR/2 (loss OR conservation OR protection OR problem* OR difficult* OR impairment OR disorder* OR assessment)):ti,ab,kw) OR ((noise NEAR/3 (exposure OR level OR induced)):ti,ab,kw) OR tinnitus:ti,ab,kw | 143 416 |
6. | 4 OR 5 | 386 835 |
Study types: systematic reviews and meta-analysis | ||
7. | 'systematic review'/exp OR 'meta analysis'/exp OR ((systematic NEAR/3 review):ab,ti) OR 'meta analysis':ab,ti OR metaanalysis:ab,ti | |
Combined sets | ||
8. | 3 AND 6 | 2 448 |
9. | 7 AND 8 | 34 |
Final result | ||
10. | 7 AND 8 | 34 |
Scopus via Elsevier 15 February 2022
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Search terms | Items found | |
Population: Dental staff | ||
1. | TITLE-ABS-KEY ( dentist* OR ( dental W/2 ( staff OR personnel OR auxiliar* OR practitioner* OR therapist* OR hygienist* OR assistant* OR nurse* OR technician* OR procedure* OR surgery OR clinic* ) ) ) | 252 856 |
Exposure/Outcome: Noise induced hearing loss | ||
2. | TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( ( ( occupational OR "work related" ) W/2 ( noise OR hazard* OR exposure OR safety ) ) ) OR ( ( hearing W/2 ( loss OR conservation OR protection OR problem* OR difficult* OR impairment OR disorder* OR assessment ) ) ) OR ( ( noise W/3 ( exposure OR level OR induced ) ) ) OR tinnitus ) | 398 960 |
3. | TITLE-ABS-KEY ( hearing OR noise OR tinnitus OR occupational ) | 1 814 955 |
Study types: systematic reviews and meta-analysis | ||
4. | TITLE-ABS-KEY ( ( systematic W/2 review ) OR "meta analys*" OR metaanalys* ) OR ( SRCTITLE ( cochrane ) AND DOCTYPE ( re ) ) | |
Combined sets | ||
5. | 1 AND 2 | 2 531 |
6. | 4 AND 5 | 38 |
Final result | ||
7. | 4 AND 5 | 38 |
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