1 Undergraduate Student, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia.
2 Department of Oral Biology, Faculty of Dental Medicine, Universitas Airlangga, Surabaya, Indonesia.
Review Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 23(03), 2725–2730
Received on 17 August 2024; revised on 24 September 2024; accepted on 27 September 2024
Background: The 2014 ASEAN Tobacco Control Atlas (SEACTA), provides evidence that the first country to have the highest number of smoker prevalence in ASEAN is Indonesia, which is 50.68%. Smoking is one of the main risk factors for various diseases. Cigarette smoke and the hot temperature of cigarettes exposed to the oral mucosa will cause tissue damage. This results in damage to taste receptors which affects the decrease in salivary sensitivity and productivity. Damage to oral tissue is one of the factors for the C. albicans fungus to colonize in the oral cavity and cause infection so that oral candidiasis appears.
Objectives: To review and investigate the effect of smoking on salivary flow rate and oral candidiasis incidence
Conclusion: There is an effect of smoking on Salivary Flow Rate and Oral Candidiasis Incidence. Smoking will result in decreased salivary secretion and become a factor in the onset of C. albicans colonies in the oral cavity.
Salivary flow rate; Oral candidiasis; Smoking; Cigarettes
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Fayza Devana Wynistilla, Reza Agustina, Aneu Virgina Tambunan and Tantiana. Effect of smoking on salivary flow rate and oral candidiasis incidence. World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2024, 23(3), 2725-2730. Article DOI: https://doi.org/10.30574/wjarr.2024.23.3.2964