Various forms of tobacco usage and its associated oral mucosal lesions
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Naveen-Kumar, Boddu; Tatapudi, Ramesh; Sudhakara Reddy, R.; Alapati, Satish; Pavani, Kotha; Sai-Praveen, Kotu-Nagavenkata
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Aquest document és un/a article, creat/da en: 2016
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Background: To study the various forms of tobacco usage and its associated oral mucosal lesions among the patients attending Vishnu Dental College Bhimavaram.
Material and Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted in a total of 450 patients who were
divided into three groups based upon type of tobacco use, as Group-1 Reverse smoking, Group-2 Conventional
smoking, Group-3 Smokeless tobacco group and each group consists of 150 subjects.
Results: Reverse smoking was observed to be more prevalent among old females with smoker’s palate and carcinomatous lesions being the most common. Conventional smoking was observed more in male patients with maximum
occurrence of leukoplakia and tobacco associated melanosis. Smokeless tobacco habit was predominantly seen in
younger males. Habit specific lesions like tobacco pouch keratosis, Oral Submucous Fibrosis (OSMF), Quid induced lichenoid reaction were noticed in smokeless tobacco habit group except for erythroplakia which was noticed
only in conventional smoking group and it was not significant statistically
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Conclusions: In the present study it was found that the usage of reverse smoking habit was most commonly seen
in females and this habit is practiced in and surrounding areas of Bhimavaram with more occurrence of carcinoma
compared to conventional smoking and smokeless tobacco.
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