Repeatability of dental plaque quantitation by light induced fluorescence technology in current, former, and never smokers

• Main Authors: Gianluca Conte (Author), Amaliya Amaliya (Author), Shipra Gupta (Author), Rosalia Emma (Author), Stefan Gospodaru (Author), Gheorghe Bordeniuc (Author), Valeriu Fala (Author), Sebastiano Antonio Pacino (Author), Salvatore Urso (Author), Giovanni Zucchelli (Author), Riccardo Polosa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2023-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The effects of smoking on the accumulation of dental plaque have not been studied in depth. We compared dental plaque quantitation obtained with a novel light induced fluorescence technology among current, former, and never smokers and verified measurements' repeatability. M...