Various forms of tobacco usage and its associated oral mucosal lesions.

Background: To study the various forms of tobacco usage and its associated oral mucosal lesions among the patients attending Vishnu Dental College Bhimavaram.

Material And Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was conducted in a total of 450 patients who were divided into three groups based upon type of tobacco use, as Group-1 Reverse smoking, Group-2 Conventional smoking, Group-3 Smokeless tobacco group and each group consists of 150 subjects.

Results: Reverse smoking was observed to be more prevalent among old females with smoker's palate and carcinomatous lesions being the most common.