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E‐Cigarette and palatal ulcer: a possible relationship?
Author(s) -
Tsiouma O.,
Andreou A.,
SklavounouAndrikopoulou A.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
oral surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.156
H-Index - 11
eISSN - 1752-248X
pISSN - 1752-2471
DOI - 10.1111/ors.12499
Subject(s) - medicine , electronic cigarette , cigarette smoking , precancerous lesion , smoking cessation , quit smoking , hard palate , tobacco use , dentistry , family medicine , environmental health , pathology , cancer , population
Tobacco smoking is a major public health issue with far‐reaching implications on the global economy. Electronic cigarettes are advertised as a new promising cessation treatment that can gratify the behavioural aspects of smoking. However, there are still many unanswered questions regarding e‐cigarette’s safety and effects on general and oral health. We report a case of a 68‐year‐old Caucasian male patient with a large ulcerative lesion on the hard palate that was possibly associated with the use of an electronic cigarette.