Question - What are the oro-dental manifestations associated with khat chewing?
Answer- The cited article reports the following oro-dental manifestations of khat chewing: dry mouth/xerostomia, caries, periodontal disease/lesions and gingival recession at site of chewing, mucosal white lesions and/or dark pigmentation, oral trauma, ulcers and burning sensation, bruxism, occlusal wear, difficulty in opening mouth/trismus, difficulty in swallowing, temporomandibular joint dislocation, oral mucosal keratosis, oral cancer. (Abebe W. Khat and synthetic cathinones: Emerging drugs of abuse with dental implications. 2018 Oral Surg Oral Med Oral Pathol Oral Radiol 125:140–146)
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