TOBACCO AND GINGIVITIS
JENS JORGEN PINDBORG 1
1 Royal Danish Navy, Medical Corps, and the Danish College of Dentistry, the Department of Operative Dentistry, Copenhagen, Denmark
On the basis of examinations of 1433 Royal Danish Marines, statistics show that the more one smokes the greater is the chance of developing an ulceromembranous gingivitis, and that the deposition of calculus is affected by the consumption of tobacco. From examination of 2432 Marines, deposition of calculus appears associated with development of gingivitis.
Submitted on August 21, 1946
