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

• Main Authors: Jyothi Tadakamadla (Author), Santhosh Kumar (Author), Anand Nagori (Author), Harish Tibdewal (Author), Prabu Duraiswamy (Author), Suhas Kulkarni (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...