BETEL QUID CONSUMPTION IN RESIDENT POPULATION IN MAKKAH: REPORT OF TWO CASES | ||
| Egyptian Dental Journal | ||
| Article 6, Volume 63, Issue 4 - October (Oral Medicine, X-Ray, Oral Biology & Oral Pathology), October 2017, Pages 3221-3224 PDF (605.38 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/edj.2017.76174 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Ghida Mazen Subah1; Sumiah Rashidalmuhtadi Harshir1; Hesham Samy Sadek2 | ||
| 1Dental Intern, Umm Alqura University, Collage of Dentistry . | ||
| 2Associate professor of oral medicine department of basic and clinical oral Science. | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Betel quid consumption became prevalent mixed communities such as that in Makkah which is a multicultural society where many ethnic groups bring cultural diversity as well as practicing lifestyle habits that may have an unrecognized harmful health impact. Therefore the purpose of this paper is to increase the awareness of dental professionals in such communities about the habitual use of betel nut and its sequential possible serious health issues. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| betel nut; betel quid; Betel chewer’s mucosa; oral’ squamous cell carcinoma | ||
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