Role and Prevention of Tobacco for Oral Health Care. Where Are We Now???
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2015, Vol 3, Issue 5
Abstract
Tobacco use in India continues to promote various diseases and kill several individual but still no significant steps are been taken to get rid of this threat. Not only cancer but tobacco plays as the key factor for various diseases. While the impact of tobacco use on health is alarming, being free from tobacco use and its various form can let us away from several effects. Quitting tobacco and getting away from chronic oro‐facial pain, oral and pharyngeal (throat) cancer, oral tissue lesions, birth defects such as cleft lip and palate, and other diseases are going our major goal in near future.
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Vaibhava Raaj
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