Effect of a Tobacco Smoke Component (Acrolein) on Periodontal Tissues

ISBN-13: 9783659120695 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 72 str.

Nithya Anand

Opis

Cigarette smoking has long been associated with a variety of oral conditions including periodontal diseases. Experimental evidence accumulated over the last two decades has indicated that cigarette smoking is a true risk factor for periodontitis. Smokers have both increased prevalence and more severe extent of periodontal disease compared to non-smokers . Tobacco and some of its volatile and non-volatile components have been found to affect human gingival fibroblasts. Among the multiple volatile components some reactive aldehydes are thought to have a prominent cytopathic effect resulting in a dose dependent human gingival fibroblast inhibition of cell adhesion related to morphological alteration of the cytoskeletal structure.

O autorze

Dr.Nithya Anand has a Master s degree in Dental Surgery. She is a Reader in the Dept of Periodontics,Shree Balaji Dental College and a regular speaker at leading scientific conferences and corporate dental awareness programs. She has publications and on going research projects in Bruxism, Periodontal Medicine & Smoking associated Periodontitis.