Effect of smoking on oral pigmentation and its relationship with periodontal status

• Hauptverfasser: Jyothi Tadakamadla (Verfasst von), Santhosh Kumar (Verfasst von), Anand Nagori (Verfasst von), Harish Tibdewal (Verfasst von), Prabu Duraiswamy (Verfasst von), Suhas Kulkarni (Verfasst von)
• Format: Buch
• Veröffentlicht: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Background: To assess the effect of smoking on lip and gingival pigmentation and also to assess the relationship of pigmentation with periodontal parameters. Materials and Methods: 109 smokers and an equal number of control subjects who were nonsmokers in the age range of 35 - 44 years comprised the...