Aesthetic Depigmentation of Gingival Smoker's Melanosis Using Carbon Dioxide Lasers

• Main Authors: Luis Silva Monteiro (Author), José Adriano Costa (Author), Marco Infante da Câmara (Author), Rui Albuquerque (Author), Marco Martins (Author), José Júlio Pacheco (Author), Filomena Salazar (Author), Fernando Figueira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Melanic pigmentation results from melanin produced by the melanocytes present in the basal layer of the oral epithelium. One of the most common causes of oral pigmentation is smoker melanosis, a condition associated with the melanocyte stimulation caused by cigarette smoke. This paper aims to illust...