Abstrakt

A Journey Since 1899 To 2013 Finding Associations between Tobacco Smoking and Dental Caries.

Neha Upadhyaya, and Rakesh Mishra

Dental caries remains one of the most common infectious diseases of mankind. Dental caries and its consequences together constitute a very real and personal problem for almost everyone.Several studies indicate an association with smokeless tobacco and caries but tobacco smoking and its relation to dental caries is a subject of many opinions.The present paper discusses various studies done in this regards to find the relation between dental caries and smoking using different parameters and emphasizes on studies, clinical trials and experiments needed to confirm the independent effect of smoking as one of the causes of dental caries.