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Effect of environmental tobacco smoke on oral pigmentation: A systematic review
BACKGROUND AND AIM: Oral pigmentation is a condition in which the color of oral mucosa such as gingival mucosa changes. Some exogenous and endogenous factors may lead to oral pigmentation. Secondhand smoke (SHS) or environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) is indirect smoking of an active smoker’s exhalation that can lead to cardiovascular, respiratory system, and some...
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Change in color of oral mucosa reflects the underlying health status, which is either local or systemic. This color change is due to pigmentation, which may be physiological or pathological. Pigmentation in pathological conditions range from localized anomalies of to potentially life-threatening conditions. Since the dental professionals encounter a number of pigmented lesions in the oral cavit...
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IN 1921 Peutz described a family with intestinal polyposis and spots of melanin pigmentation in and around the mouth. Prior to this, in 1896, Sir Jonathan Hutchinson described two girls with pigmented patches in the oral mucosa and around the mouth. Later, Parkes Weber (1919) reported that one of these twins died of what appeared to be an intussusception. Since 1921 over one hundred cases have ...
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Agents that give rise to skin color are skin thickness, the skin’s light refraction and absorption properties, vascular status, levels of oxidized and reduced hemoglobin, carotenoid content and, most importantly, the pigment melanin. Melanocytes, cells responsible for pigment formation, are present in the basal layer. Melanocytes are most concentrated in the central part of the face and most sp...
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Melanin is a pigment that contributes to our skin color. Hyperpigmentation where melanin is produced in excess quantity can cause significant esthetic problem. Facial aesthetics is affected by smile line. Gingiva is an integral component of facial esthetics. Hyperpigmentation in gingiva affects facial esthetics. Various surgical modalities have been employed to correct hyperpigmentation. But, r...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Pharmacy and Bioallied Sciences
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0975-7406
DOI: 10.4103/0975-7406.163471