Open AccessTobacco pouch keratosis in a young individual: A brief description
Author(s) -
Preethy Mary Donald,
Renjith George,
Ankita Arora
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/jisp.jisp_109_17
Subject(s) - smokeless tobacco , medicine , keratosis , dermatology , tobacco use , actinic keratosis , nicotine , dentistry , environmental health , pathology , basal cell , population
Smokeless tobacco is used orally or nasally without burning tobacco. This is equally harmful as smokers due to the tobacco content and can cause oral cancer as well as systemic effects such as nicotinic dependence. Many other oral conditions have also been reported in association with smokeless tobacco. This paper presents features of tobacco pouch keratosis and aims to highlight the oral effects of smokeless tobacco, management, and guidelines for dentists in educating and counselling tobacco users.