JNDA Vol. 7 No. 1 (April 2005) |
Smoking and Oral Effects |
Dr. Dipak Sapkota, Dr. Binod Acharya |
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Abstract |
Though Smoking has systemic effects on body, one of the common sites for presentation of its effects is oral cavity. The presence and severity of various clinical entities associated with smoking vary with respect to site of oral cavity, quantity (number of cigarettes) and quality of smoke, cumulative effects of smoking and alcohol use, frequency and duration of smoking and, of course, genetic predisposition. This paper describes the review of articles and various oral effects of smoking. |
Keywords |
Smoking-cigarette; cigar; pathogenesis. |