Oral manifestations in young adults infected with COVID-19 and impact of smoking: a multi-country cross-sectional study.
Maha ELTantawiHeba Jafar SabbaghNada Abubakor AlkhateebMaryam QuritumJoud AbourdanNafeesa QureshiShabnum QureshiAhmed HamoudNada MahmoudRuba OdehNuraldeen Maher Al-KhanatiRawiah JaberAbdulrahman Loaie BalkhoyorMohammed ShabiMorenike Oluwatoyin FolayanNoha GomaaRaqiya Al NahdiNawal MahmoudHanane El WazzikiManal AlnaasBahia SamodienRawa MahmoudNour Abu AssabSherin SaadSondos Al-HachimAli AlshaikhWafaa AbdelazizPublished in: PeerJ (2022)
Dry mouth and changed taste may be used as an indicator for COVID-19 infection in low COVID-19-testing environments. Smoking may modify the association between some oral lesions and COVID-19-infection.