Skeletal calcium disturbances in heavy smokers may contribute to high salivary calcium concentration
Original Article
Sewon L, Laine M, Karjalainen S, Doroguinskaia A, Lehtonen-Veromaa M. Salivary calcium reflects skeletal bone mineral density of heavy smokers. Arch Oral Biol 2004;49(5):355–8.
Level of Evidence
3b
Purpose
The purpose of this study was to reveal the effect of heavy smoking on both salivary calcium concentration and calcaneal sonographic parameters representing bone density values.
Source of Funding
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Type of Study/Design
Case-control study
Assistant Professor, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Radiology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan
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