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mkg-964	Leosari, Yanti; Hadiati, Sri; Agustina, Dewi	Screening of oral premalignant lesions in smokers using toluidine blue	2009	4	.pdf	application/pdf	3084	221	48	No. 2 April–June 2009 Research Report Screening of oral premalignant lesions in smokers using toluidine blue Yanti Leosari, Sri Hadiati and Dewi Agustina Faculty of Dentistry, Gadjah Mada University Yogyakarta - Indonesia ABSTRACT Background: A smoker is associated with the risk of developing oral premalignant lesions due to the cacinogenic contents in cigarette. Screening of oral premalignant lesions Toluidine blue (tolonium chloride), an acidophilic, metachromatic dye belonging to the thiazine group, is a vital tissue dye which exhibits differential uptake into tissue, resulting in metabolically active areas of lesions being stained a deep blue.13 When reacting with the tissues, toluidine blue selectively stains acid tissue components (sulfate, carboxylate and phosphate radicals) such as DNA and RNA.	cache/mkg-964.pdf	txt/mkg-964.txt