clinical lesion appears. So, early diagnosis and prevention is very essential. Buccal cells, being the first barrier, represent a preferred target site for early genotoxic events induced by carcinogenic agents through inhalation or ingestion route and are capable of metabolizing proximate carcinogens to reactive products (Torres-Bugarin et al., 2014). These changes include formation of micronuclei,
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