Affiliations 

  • 1 Department of Oral Pathology and Oral Medicine, Faculty of Dentistry, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Community Dent Oral Epidemiol, 1989 Jun;17(3):148-9.
PMID: 2786793

Abstract

The association between cigarette smoking and the prevalence of oral mucosal lesions was examined in 495 Malaysian army personnel. No associations between cigarette smoking and recurrent aphthous ulcerations, pre-leukoplakia and frictional keratosis could be obtained in this study. Positive associations were found between cigarette smoking and leukoedema as well as denture stomatitis. There was a negative association between cigarette smoking and the presence of coated tongue.

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