Smoking is bad teeth

Smoking is bad teeth

Every day we see various messages about smoking cessation. Most often associate smoking with lung or heart disease, but few of us know that half of the smokers gum disease are caused by smoking.

Usually the first consequences of smoking are bad breath (halitosis) and dark brown stains on teeth. Although the majority implications of smoking are primarily aesthetic, it leads to caries and gum disease.

Effects of smoking is not only the appearance of gum disease, but also slows their treatment. Smokers have lower chances of an implant to be successful, and people with gum disease have problems with crowns and bridges.

Smoking can worsen gum disease. Some studies have shown that smokers have more plaque than non-smokers, this is caused by the low amount of saliva in the mouth. Also, the chemicals present in cigarettes affects blood flow to the gums, slowing the healing of various wounds, and indirectly the effectiveness of treatment.

Some researchers say that giving up cigarettes, reduce the risk of illness. Even reducing the number of cigarettes smoked per day may bring significant improvements oral health. A study shows that people who smoke more than a pack and a half of cigarettes a day are at risk 6 times more likely to develop gum disease compared to non-smokers and those who smoke less than a pack of cigarettes day shows a 3 times higher risk than nonsmokers.

Smoking is one of the factors that trigger oral cancer. An American Cancer Society study shows that about 90% of people with oral cancer and certain types of throat cancer, have smoked. Cigarettes or pipe tobacco can cause cancer of the mouth or anywhere neck. Pipe can cause lip cancer.
Smoking is bad teeth
Expert opinion:

"It looked like tobacco cause cells in oral and oropharyngeal mucosa causing rapid growth of abnormal cells during tissue repair processes. Clinical and experimental research has shown involvement in oral cancers of chemicals that cause changes in cellular DNA by producing mutant cells. These substances are the tars resulting from burning tobacco and rolling papers that have been identified in approximately 12 carcinogenic effect of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (most notably benz-anthracene, benzpirenul, methyl colantrenul).

Oral cancer risk is mainly related to the number of cigarettes consumed per day and the time when smoking was practiced. A former smoker's risk of developing oral cancer field becomes equal to that of a nonsmoker only after 10 years of smoking cessation. "

Dr. Raluca Boatca, dentists competenc