Open AccessPrevalence of dental caries among smoking and smokeless tobacco users attending dental hospital in Eastern region of Uttar Pradesh
Author(s) -
Neelam Mittal,
Nidhi Singh,
Praveen Kumar
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/ijcm.ijcm_245_19
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , medicine , dentistry , oral hygiene , uttar pradesh , chewing tobacco , population , environmental health , demography , tobacco use , cancer , socioeconomics , sociology
The relationship of tobacco use to dental caries is still unclear. The aim of this study is to assess the relationship between smoking and smokeless tobacco usage and prevalence of dental caries and its pattern in the Varanasi population.