Department of Community Health Sciences, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
Research Article
Evaluating the Effects of Frequency and Duration of Tobacco Use on Oral Mucosa in Patients Visiting Hamdard University Dental Hospital
Author(s): Obaidullah Khan*
Background: Use of tobacco in any form (smoke or smokeless) is one of the most popular habits around the globe that over one billion people routinely consume tobacco products like cigrates, chalia, pan, niswar. Almost 23.9 million Pakistani adults currently use tobacco in any form like cigarettes smoking, betel nut, betel quid, pan chalia are all well recognized habits in developing oral lesions including precancerous and cancerous lesions like smokers melanosis, submucous fibrosis, lichen planus, leukoplakia, squamous cell carcinoma etc. Location and type of oral mucosal lesions varies with the way tobacco is consumed along with its frequency and duration.
Objectives: Objective of the current study is to assess the effects of frequency and duration of tobacco (smoke and smokeless) use on oral mucosa among patients reported at Hamdard univer.. View More»
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