Evaluation of post-extraction healing after atraumatic extraction in gutka chewers and non-gutka chewers using the modified inflammation proliferation remodeling scale

• Main Authors: Abdul Hafeez Shaikh (Author), Saira Hassan Askarey (Author), Amynah Charania Shaikh (Author), Syed Jaffar Abbas Zaidi (Author), Raheel Memon (Author), Fatima Rafi Lari (Author), Saadullah Iqbal (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Gutka, a smokeless tobacco mixture containing tobacco and areca nut, is widely consumed in South Asia and impairs wound healing due to vasoconstrictive and cytotoxic effects. Wound healing assessment in oral surgery lacks standardisation, and phase-specific evaluation tools are s...