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Disappearance of smoker's melanosis after reducing smoking
C A Hedin1, J J Pindborg, T Axéll
1Department of Periodontology, Mälarsjukhuset, Eskilstuna, Sweden.
Abstract:
Besides genetic factors, tobacco smoking is known to be the main cause of oral melanin pigmentation. The present study compares the frequency of oral melanin pigmentation in a large number of former smokers with that of non-smokers. It also describes in two patients the disappearance of smoker's melanosis in the buccal mucosa following a considerable reduction in smoking.