Open AccessOral health consequences of smokeless tobacco use
Author(s) -
Arvind Muthukrishnan,
Saman Warnakulasuriya
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
indian journal of medical research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.578
H-Index - 87
ISSN - 0971-5916
DOI - 10.4103/ijmr.ijmr_1793_17
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , medicine , oral submucous fibrosis , leukoplakia , areca , dentistry , gingival recession , oral health , tobacco use , dermatology , cancer , environmental health , nut , pathology , population , structural engineering , engineering
Smokeless tobacco (SLT) use has many oral effects including oral cancer, leukoplakia and erythroplakia, oral submucous fibrosis (if mixed with areca nut), loss of periodontal support (recession) and staining of teeth and composite restorations. This review was aimed to provide information to identify oral lesions that occur due to the use of smokeless tobacco so that effective interventions can be undertaken to reduce morbidity and mortality from the use of SLT.