Comparative evaluation of smokers palate in beedi vrs smokers in rural area of Vaishali district

Somkers palate or Nicotine stomatitis is a whitish papuler lesion seen on the hard and soft palate in the oral cavity that is usually seen in individual who are exposed to any type of smoking habit. To evaluate and correlate the smoking habit in individual with different pattern of smoker’s palate depending on their use. A total of 920 subjects were assessed undergoing routine dental checkup in the dental Opd of a polyclinic. The evaluation and correlation between duration and frequency of smoking habit was done. The individual using beedi were high in number than the individual using cigarette. In almost 726 individual smokers palate were present and the grade of smokers palate also increase with the increase or frequency and time of use. In the present study it is found that beedi smoking is more common than cigarette smoking. There is direct relationship of frequency and duration in individual having smokers palate.