Prevalence Of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders In Realtion To The Use Of Chewable Tobacco
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2019-06
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World Wide Journals
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Introduction:Tobacco has been considered as a major etiological factor in the development of oral potentially malignant disorders. Any form of chewable tobacco is as significant in relation to oral carcinoma as is Smoked tobacco. Objective:To find out the association of Chewable tobacco with Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders.Material Methods: it was a cross sectional descriptive study through a self-structured questionnaire and oral examination by the observer in a sample of 1078 participants.Observations:Chewable tobacco increases 7.5 times more risk for having OPMD than non-chewers. Gutkha is the most common form of smokeless tobacco 115(55.8%) and supari 1(11.1%) is the least common form of smokeless tobacco present in the participants with. Strong association was seen between frequency of tobacco use and occurrence of oral precancerous lesions OPMD.Conclusions and Recommendations:The use of smokeless tobacco was significantly associated wit
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Chewable tobacco, Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders, Carcinoma
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Kumar Naveen, Mehnaz Saira, Ansari M. Athar, Hashmi GS, Shah M. Salman, Abedi Ali Jafar. An Overview On Platelet Rich Plasma. International Journal of Scientific Research. 2019 Jun; 8(6): 12-14