TY - JOUR ID - 82409 TI - Evaluation of Gustatory Function in Oral Submucous Fibrosis Patients and Gutka Chewers JO - Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention JA - APJCP LA - en SN - 1513-7368 AU - Bangi, Balaji Babu AU - Ginjupally, Uday AU - Nadendla, Lakshmi Kavitha AU - Mekala, Mounika Reddy AU - B, Jaya Lakshmi AU - Kakumani, Aswani AD - Department of Oral Medicine and Radiology, Kamineni Institute of Dental Sciences, Narketpally, Telangana, India. Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 20 IS - 2 SP - 569 EP - 573 KW - Oral submucous fibrosis KW - taste KW - tongue DO - 10.31557/APJCP.2019.20.2.569 N2 - Aim: The aim of the study is to assess and compare taste perception among Oral submucous fibrosis (OSMF)patients, Gutka chewers without OSMF and healthy subjects. Materials and methods: Ninety subjects (30 OSMF,30 Gutka chewers without OSMF and 30 controls) were enrolled in the study for assessing taste perception by filterpaper strips impregnated with different taste qualities. Taste perception assessment was also done in stage I, II and IIIOSMF subjects. The obtained data were analyzed using SPSS 20.0 software. Results: The gustatory defect was relatedto sweet, sour, bitter and salt, with significant changes in sour (33.3% showed hypoguesia) taste in OSMF subjects and13.3%showed hypoguesia to all tastants in gutka chewers and hypoguesia to salt, sour and bitter to grade III comparedin grade I and II. Conclusion: This study proved that there is significant alterations to taste perception with sour, salt,and bitter and then to sweet in OSMF subjects. UR - https://journal.waocp.org/article_82409.html L1 - https://journal.waocp.org/article_82409_bb055d12c427f9ab3b8b51975fb3bf5c.pdf ER -