Open AccessA Study on Metabolic, Nutritional and Biochemical Profile of Tobacco Users With and Without Oral Precancer Lesions
Author(s) -
Sana Farooqui,
Shadab Mohammad,
Saurabh Srivastava,
Divya Mehrotra,
Sandeep Bhattacharya
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery/journal of maxillofacial and oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.293
H-Index - 21
eISSN - 0974-942X
pISSN - 0972-8279
DOI - 10.1007/s12663-019-01200-5
Subject(s) - micronutrient , medicine , vitamin e , chewing tobacco , vitamin c , dentistry , cancer , pathology , biochemistry , chemistry , antioxidant
The tobacco use and the dietary intake/levels of vitamin C and E, and the trace elements, iron, copper, zinc, and selenium are interrelated with the development of oral precancer. These micronutrients are necessary for maintaining good oral health.