Year : 2016

Volume : Volume 6

Issue : Issue 2s

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Dr. Siddharth Jain
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Abstract

Aim: Exfoliative cytology is a minimal invasive procedure that has been used for detection of early changes in clinically normal oral mucosa of tobacco users.This study highlights the cause-effect relationship between tobacco usage in varied forms in different age groups structural cellular and nuclear alterations. Materials and Methods: Study was correlated with different age groups it has been observed that nuclear diameter (ND) and cytoplasm diameter(CD) did not show significant difference in control group and in smokers and tobacco chewers it showed a significant difference which was statistically proved. Results: The result showed that the mean ND and mean CD significantly higher in experimental groups when compared with the control group. Conclusion: Increase in ND and decreased CD as well as altered N/C ratio would appear to be due to smoking tobacco. Cytomorphometric analysis can be used regularly to detect these cell alterations.

Keywords: Cytology, Oral Mucosa, Tobacco, Nuclear.