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Journal of Korean Academy Oral Medicine
2010 Volume.35 No. 3 p.183 ~ p.192
Changes of Taste Threshold after Smoking in Young Korean Men
Hong Seong-Ju

Ryu Ji-Won
Ahn Jong-Mo
Yoon Chang-Lyuk
Abstract
The aim of this study is to determine a relationship between the smoking and the gustation. For that purpose, the survey is about the subjective taste change after smoking compared the electrical taste thresholds by EGM on healthy young Korean men before and after smoking.
The results of the electrogustometry showed significant differences between smokers and non-smokers, also between before smoking and directly after smoking in smokers showed significant differences which indicated the immediate, but temporary effects of smoking on the taste thresholds. There were no difference of gustatory function by the amount of smoking and the degree of addiction.
Based on the results of this study, further studies will be focused on the difference of gustatory function between before and after smoking using the chemical taste test, and the relationship between change of olfactory and gustation by smoking.
KEYWORD
Electrogustometry, Smoking, Taste threshold
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