Introduction:

Cannabis and cocaine use is a global problem that affects oral health. Most of the research has been conducted on men in rehabilitation programs.

Objective:

to describe and compare the dental attendance and oral diagnoses of women who are cannabis and/or cocaine users and not users for four years.

Methods:

a retrospective cohort study. We compared two groups of women who use and do not use cannabis and/or cocaine, selected in the postpartum period in a public hospital.

Results:

The average age in both groups was 22, and there were no education-related differences. The consumers (n=29) were mostly multiple drug users who sought emergency dental care more often (p=0.0002) and had more gingivitis and periodontitis (p=0.0001) than non-users (n=58).

Conclusions:

women who used cannabis and/or cocaine sought emergency dental care more often and had a more frequent diagnosis of gingivitis and periodontitis than non-users.

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