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Oral
Effects of Smoking
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Here
are some common tissue changes seen frequently as a result of smoking.
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| A.B.C.
These are "smokers' patches". Depending on how a cigarette is
habitually smoked, the spot where the smoke first strikes is most likely
to produce either white or white/red changes. These "smokers' patches"
if caught early enough in their precancerous phase can be easily and quickly
removed in the office. "Smokers' patches" occur most frequently
on the soft palate, floor of the mouth, tongue, and cheeks.
D.E.
Unfortunately these two individuals have invasive cancer (cancer which
is now invading beneath the skin surface). Their treatment now requires
more extensive and expensive therapy which will require surgery in a hospital
location as well as radiation and chemotherapy. |
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Here is a picture of oral damage done by using spit tobacco.
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From The National Spit
Tobacco Education Program website: www.nstep.org |
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