Smoking and its relation to caries experience and salivary lactobacilli count
Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry
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Smoking and its relation to caries experience and salivary lactobacilli count
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Al-Weheb, Athra M
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Background: Smoking has many harmful effects on the body. The aim of this studyis to investigate the effect of cigarettes smoking on count of lactobacilli ,the dental caries, and salivary factors. Subjects and Methods: 15 male smokers and 15 male non-smokers aged(24-29) years were chosen from post graduate students in College of Dentistry, they were interviewed about smoking behavior.Stimulated salivary sample was analyzed for lactobacilli count ,salivary flow rate and salivary pH was determined. Results: Measurment of dental caries was expressed by DMFT/DMFS.Results There was a significant relation between lactobacilli and DMFT/DMFS in smokers group with no significant differences concerning salivary flow rate and salivary pH between the two groups . Conclusion: Long term use of tobacco smoking affect the dental caries but not the salivary flow rate or salivary pH |
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College of dentistry/ University of baghdad
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2017-01-30
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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http://jbcd.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/jbcd/article/view/1676
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Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry; Vol 17 No 1 (2005); 92-95
2311-5270 1680-0087 |
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en
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Copyright (c) 2017 Journal of Baghdad College of Dentistry
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