This study aimed to determine if air pollution affected the risk of periodontitis outpatient visits. We collected the records of 56,456 periodontitis outpatient visits in Hefei, China, from January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2021. The relationship between air pollution and periodontitis outpatient visits was evaluated using distributed lag nonlinear and generalized linear models. Additional analyses were performed, stratifying the data by age, season, and sex. Subgroup analyses showed a significantly higher risk of periodontitis outpatient visits due to NO(2) exposure during the warm season compared with the cold season. Moreover, O(3) exposure was associated with a lower risk of periodontitis outpatient visits in the cold season. The findings suggest that NO(2) exposure is associated with an increased risk of periodontitis outpatient visits, whereas O(3) exposure is associated with a decreased risk of periodontitis outpatient visits. Season is found to be an effect modifier in these associations.
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