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The Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Human Gingival Tissues (A Histopathological Study)

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Title: The Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Human Gingival Tissues (A Histopathological Study)

Authors: Betul Ur Rahman , Muhammad Mustahsen Ur Rahman , Adem Arslan 

Journal: Journal of Pakistan Medical Association

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Publisher: Pakistan Medical Association.

Country: Pakistan

Year: 1994

Volume: 44

Issue: 9

Language: English

Categories
Smoking (83) Gingival Health (2) Oral Medicine (443) Histopathology (437) Pathology (12652)

Abstract

Abstract


Gingival biopsy specimens were obtained from 9 smokers and 7 non- smokers during routine flap surgical procedure to investigate the effects of cigarette smoking on gingival epithelium and connective tissue. Although no remarkable histopathological difference was noted between gingival tissues of smokers and non- smokers, but smokers revealed relatively more epithelial keratosis, inflammatory cells, blood-vessels and collagen fibres in connective tissue. Congestion of the capillaries were also more prominent in the smokei’s gingival tissues

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