title: Disappearance of smoker's melanosis after reducing smoking.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Periodontology, Mälarsjukhuset, Eskilstuna, Sweden.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Hedin
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Pindborg
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Axéll
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005882:Gingival Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008548:Melanosis / Q000209:etiology*; D009061:Mouth Mucosa; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D016540:Smoking Cessation