Oral health consequences of smokeless tobacco use

Oral health consequences of smokeless tobacco use

Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use has many oral effects including oral cancer, leukoplakia and erythroplakia, oral submucous fibrosis (if mixed with areca nut), loss of periodontal support (recession) and staining of teeth and composite restorations. This review was aimed to provide information to identif...

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Main Authors: Arvind Muthukrishnan, Saman Warnakulasuriya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2018-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Research
Subjects:
Chewing tobacco - leukoplakia - oral cancer - smokeless tobacco - submucous fibrosis
Online Access:http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2018;volume=148;issue=1;spage=35;epage=40;aulast=Muthukrishnan
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spelling doaj-e764699f87ae4f0c9b0f7767cc84f5282020-11-25T00:21:30ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsIndian Journal of Medical Research0971-59162018-01-011481354010.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1793_17Oral health consequences of smokeless tobacco useArvind MuthukrishnanSaman WarnakulasuriyaSmokeless tobacco (SLT) use has many oral effects including oral cancer, leukoplakia and erythroplakia, oral submucous fibrosis (if mixed with areca nut), loss of periodontal support (recession) and staining of teeth and composite restorations. This review was aimed to provide information to identify oral lesions that occur due to the use of smokeless tobacco so that effective interventions can be undertaken to reduce morbidity and mortality from the use of SLT.http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2018;volume=148;issue=1;spage=35;epage=40;aulast=MuthukrishnanChewing tobacco - leukoplakia - oral cancer - smokeless tobacco - submucous fibrosis
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Oral health consequences of smokeless tobacco use
Indian Journal of Medical Research
Chewing tobacco - leukoplakia - oral cancer - smokeless tobacco - submucous fibrosis
author_facet Arvind Muthukrishnan
Saman Warnakulasuriya
author_sort Arvind Muthukrishnan
title Oral health consequences of smokeless tobacco use
title_short Oral health consequences of smokeless tobacco use
title_full Oral health consequences of smokeless tobacco use
title_fullStr Oral health consequences of smokeless tobacco use
title_full_unstemmed Oral health consequences of smokeless tobacco use
title_sort oral health consequences of smokeless tobacco use
publisher Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
series Indian Journal of Medical Research
issn 0971-5916
publishDate 2018-01-01
description Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use has many oral effects including oral cancer, leukoplakia and erythroplakia, oral submucous fibrosis (if mixed with areca nut), loss of periodontal support (recession) and staining of teeth and composite restorations. This review was aimed to provide information to identify oral lesions that occur due to the use of smokeless tobacco so that effective interventions can be undertaken to reduce morbidity and mortality from the use of SLT.
topic Chewing tobacco - leukoplakia - oral cancer - smokeless tobacco - submucous fibrosis
url http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2018;volume=148;issue=1;spage=35;epage=40;aulast=Muthukrishnan
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