Open AccessComparison of Taste Threshold in Smokers and Non-Smokers Using Electrogustometry and Fungiform Papillae Count: A Case Control Study
Author(s) -
Asim Mustafa Khan,
Vasumathi Narayanan,
Jaishankar Homberhalli Puttabuddi,
Rachita Chengappa,
Vijaya Kumara Ambaldhage,
Purnachandrarao Naik,
Syed Ahmed Raheel
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/14478.7835
Subject(s) - lingual papilla , taste , tongue , medicine , subclinical infection , anatomy , pathology , biology , food science
Smoking in long term is not only responsible for cancerous changes but is also one of the reasons of altered taste sensation in smokers. These taste changes are hypothesized to be due to reduction in density of fungiform papillae on the dorsum of the tongue.