Evaluation of oral mechanical and gustatory sensitivities and salivary cotinine levels in adult smokers.

The aim was to examine oral mechanical and gustatory sensitivities in adult smokers and to estimate salivary levels of cotinine by tobacco consumption. A total of 54 adults (20-45 years old; 28 males/26 females) were divided into two sex-paired groups: smoker group ( = 27), tobacco consumers with no other chronic disease/use of chronic medication, and a control non-smoker non-exposed group with similar age ( = 27). 24 h-Recall was used to gather information about tobacco consumption, date of onset and duration of the habit.