Histomorphometric analysis of gingival tissue in smokers and nonsmokers

Histomorphometric analysis of gingival tissue in smokers and nonsmokers

Background: Smoking has been recognized as a major risk factor for periodontal diseases. Periodontal diseases are known to cause inflammatory vascular and epithelial changes in the gingiva on its own even in the absence of smoking. Hence, the present study is conducted to compare the epithelial and...

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Main Authors: Mundoor Manjunath Dayakar, Jitendra Kumar, Gurpur Prakash Pai, Srikant Natarajan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:SRM Journal of Research in Dental Sciences
Subjects:
chronic periodontitis
gingival epithelium
gingival microvasculature
smoking
Online Access:http://www.srmjrds.in/article.asp?issn=0976-433X;year=2015;volume=6;issue=3;spage=161;epage=165;aulast=Dayakar

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