Association Between Habitual Khat (Catha edulis) Chewing and Oral Reactive Hyperplastic Lesions: A Cross-Sectional Clinicopathological Study in Yemen.
Researchers examined oral reactive hyperplastic lesions in 1197 Yemeni patients and found that habitual khat chewing was associated with larger lesions and worse periodontal health, though it did not affect lesion location or histopathological type.
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