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Correlation of environmental tobacco smoke to gingival pigmentation and salivary alpha amylase in young adults

OBJECTIVE: Passive smoking leads to melanin pigmentation on gingiva. However, documentation of gingival pigmentation and salivary amylase activity in passive smokers relative to the duration of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), is incomplete and requires further investigation. Thus, thi...

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Autores principales: Ponnaiyan, Deepa, Chillara, Priyanka, Palani, Yuvasri
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5594967/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28932148
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ejd.ejd_99_17