Noise-induced hearing loss in dental staff

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Published: Report no: ut202206 Registration no: SBU 2021/598

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.

Literature search

Medline via OvidSP 15 February 2022

Title: Noise induced hearing loss in dental staff
The final search result, usually found at the end of the documentation, forms the list of abstracts.

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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

Title: Noise induced hearing loss in dental staff
The final search result, usually found at the end of the documentation, forms the list of abstracts.

/de = Term from the EMTREE controlled vocabulary; /exp = Includes terms found below this term in the EMTREE hierarchy; /mj = Major Topic; :ab = Abstract; :au = Author; :ti = Article Title; :ti,ab = Title or abstract; * = Truncation; ' ' = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase; NEAR/n = Requests terms that are within 'n' words of each other in either direction; NEXT/n = Requests terms that are within 'n' words of each other in the order specified
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

Title: Noise induced hearing loss in dental staff
The final search result, usually found at the end of the documentation, forms the list of abstracts.

TITLE-ABS-KEY = Title or abstract or keywords; ALL = All fields; PRE/n = "precedes by". The first term in the search must precede the second by a specified number of terms (n).;W/n= "Within". The terms in the search must be within a specified number of terms (n) in any order.;* = Truncation; " " = Citation Marks; searches for an exact phrase;LIMIT-TO (SRCTYPE, "j" = Limit to source type journal; LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE, "ar" = Limit to document type article; LIMIT-TO (DOCTYPE, "re" = Limit to document type review
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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