Impact of tobacco smoking on oral microbiota – a case-control study.

Impact of tobacco smoking on oral microbiota – a case-control study.

Oral microbiota is a vital part of human microbiota, including bacterial, protozoa, viral and fungal species. Beneficial microbes form biofilms to form a first-line defense against harmful microorganisms. Tobacco smoking is considered a major environmental factor affecting the orodental microbiota....

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Main Authors: Abdulrahman Ali Hattan, Essa Ali Hattan, Abdulaziz Maree Alqahtani, Omar Saud Alqutaym, Refdan Obeid Alqahtani, Khaled Ghormallah Alzahrani, Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Otaibi, Omar Mufi Aldwsari, Khalid Mansour Alkhathlan, Mohammed Abdullah Aldossari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SE "Dnipropetrovsk medical academy of Health Ministry of Ukraine" 2018-11-01
Series:Medičnì Perspektivi
Subjects:
oral microbiota
oral health
impact of tobacco smoking
Online Access:http://journals.uran.ua/index.php/2307-0404/article/view/147948

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