Tobacco and Oral Health : A Review

ISBN-13: 9783659930461 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 100 str.

Yeturu Sravan Kumar; Shashidhar Acharya; P. Kalyana Chakravarthy

Opis

In the recent years the fight against "Tobacco" has significantly increased globally but the prevalence of usage of Tobacco is still high mainly in developing countries. Global strategies on control of Tobacco mainly targets smoking alone not considering the other forms of Tobacco usage. Also the ill health effects of Tobacco were highlighted ignoring the oral health effects. In this review, a detailed explanation of various forms of Tobacco usage mainly in India were explained and also the ill effects of Tobacco exclusively on "Oral Health" were covered in many sub headings. A chapter on review of literature available mainly focusing on the various epidemiological studies and research. Picture Gallery showing the various forms of Tobacco usage also available in this review.

O autorze

Dr Y.Sravan Kumar BDS,MDS in Public Health Dentistry, an expert in Tobacco and Oral Health, Clinical Trials, Preventive Dentistry. Dr.Shashidhar Acharya MDS, Professor and Head, Manipal guided many young researchers and students. Dr P.Kalyana Chakravarthy MDS, Manipal an expert in Bio-statistics, Epidemiology, Clinical Dentistry.