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Evaluation of young smokers and non-smokers with Electrogustometry and Contact Endoscopy.
BMC Ear Nose Throat Disord
August 2009
2nd ENT Department of Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Background: Smoking is the cause of inducing changes in taste functionality under conditions of chronic exposure. The objective of this study was to evaluate taste sensitivity in young smokers and non-smokers and identify any differences in the shape, density and vascularisation of the fungiform papillae (fPap) of their tongue.
Methods: Sixty-two male subjects who served in the Greek military forces were randomly chosen for this study.