Recurrent Aphthous Ulcers Among Tobacco Users- Hospital Based Study

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

卷:8

Shamaz Mohamed¹  Chandrashekar Janakiram² 

[1] Associate Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Amrita University, Edapally, Cochin, Kerala, India.;

[2] Professor, Department of Public Health Dentistry, Amrita University, Edapally, Cochin, Kerala, India.;

关键词: aphthous ulcer;    smoking tobacco;    smokeless tobacco;   

DOI  :  10.7860/JCDR/2014/10368.5145

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Context: Current evidence shows ambiguous relationshipbetween tobacco use and the occurrence of aphthous.Objectives: We studied the relationship between the occurrenceof recurrent aphthous ulcers and various forms of tobaccousage.Materials and Methods: A hospital based case control studywas carried out in a dental teaching hospital in Cochin, India.One hundred and two outpatient subjects (Males 56.9%) wereidentified having aphthous ulceration using Natha’s diagnosticcriteria and were classified as cases. One hundred and eightsubjects (Males, 70.4%) with no aphthous ulceration wereselected randomly as controls. Exposure ascertainment oftobacco usage was done by structured interview.Results: The adjusted odd ratio was found to be 0.41 (95%CI 0.19-0.87) for tobacco usage and occurrence of aphthousulceration compared to non tobacco users. The odds ratioof 0.41 for tobacco usage infers that subjects using tobaccowere 59% less likely to have aphthous ulcerations compared tonontobacco users.Conclusion: The tobacco consumers have less frequency ofaphthous ulceration compared non users.

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