ABSTRACT

Smoking is one of the most important public health problems in the world. Tobacco usage [Cigarette, cigar, pipe, hookah etc] results in a very strong addiction syndrome. In addition to chewing tobacco leaves, other forms of smokeless tobacco are used in India and other countries. Gutka is the most abundantly consumed smokeless tobacco form in India. Betel quid used in South Asia often contains smokeless tobacco. The study was aimed to find the effect of smoked and smokeless tobacco in the oral cavity. Data was collected retrospectively from the records of saveetha dental college. The population included in the study were the patients who had a habit of smoking and using smokeless tobacco. Descriptive statistics, cross tabulation analysis and chi squared tests were done. Most common lesion found in the patient's using smokeless tobacco was Tobacco Pouch Keratosis and that in patients using smoked tobacco was leukoplakia. There was a positive correlation between gender and oral lesion. [p>0.001]. Within the limits of the study it was found that tobacco pouch keratosis was the most common lesion found in the patients who used smokeless tobacco and leukoplakia was the most common lesion in the patients using smoked tobacco. Keywords: Gukta; oral lesions; smokeless tobacco; smoked tobacco
Publication date: 01/08/2021

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2021/10.8.1010