NICOTINE STOMATITIS (SMOKER'S PALATE)

Question 1

CONCEPT

Answer 1

• FORM OF KERATOSIS ON THE HARD PALATE DUE TO THE HEAT RATHER THAN THE CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF PIPE/CIGAR SMOKING
• NOT PREMALIGNANT CONDITION

Question 2

SYMPTOMES

Answer 2

PALATAL MUCOSA BECOMES DIFFUSELY GRAY OR WHITE WITH NUMEROUS SLIGHTLY ELEVATED PAPULES (REPRESENT INFLAMED MINOR SALIVARY GLANDS AND THEIRA DUCTAL ORIFICES)

Question 3

TREATMENT

Answer 3

REVERSIBLE OF SMOKING CESSATION (PALATE USUALLY RETURNS TO NORMAL 1-2 WEEKS)

Question 4

REVERSE SMOKING

Answer 4

HABIT PRODUCES A PRONUNCED PALATAL KERATOSIS OR REVERSE SMOKER’S PALATE (SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL TO DEVELOP DYSPLASIA OR CARCINOMA)