SMOKING AND YOUR ORAL HEALTH

Hi buddies, 

'YOUR DENTAL COMPADRE' is as fit as fiddle, and What about you? How's it going? Let's give voice to this spicy topic and share some awareness regarding it.

Smoking is not just deleterious for active smokers but also for passive smokers. It has catastrophic effects on your socio-economic and biological aspects of life.

SMOKING AND YOUR ORAL HEALTH:

Why do people smoke?

some of you have commenced it for fun purpose and now you are addicted to it, while some of you have started smoking to reduce your stress levels, and achieve that temporary feeling of satisfaction and relief, but as a reward it's going to give you CANCER sweetheart.

EFFECTS ON ORAL HEATH:

1) STAINED TEETH (YELLOW TEETH) WITH INCREASED PLAQUE AND TARTAR BUILD-UP

2)HALITOSIS (BAD BREATH/ SMOKER'S BREATHE)

3) GUM AND PERIODONTAL DISEASES

3) TOOTH LOSS

4) LOSS OF TASTE AND SMELL SENSATION

5) DECREASED BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE ORAL MUCOSA

6) DELAYED POST EXTRACTION WOUND HEALING PROCESS

7) INCREASE RISK OF ORAL CANCER OCCURRENCE 

SMOKER'S PALATE (NICOTINE STOMATITIS)

8) INCREASE CHANCES OF DENTAL IMPLANTS FAILURE 

OTHER EFFECTS:

1) EARLY SIGNS OF SKIN AGENING.I.E. SKIN SAGGING, APPEARANCE OF WRINKLES.

2) LUNG CANCER

3)CHRONIC OBTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE

4) COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM

RISK OF DEVELOPING ORAL CANCER: 

The risk of spreading oral cancer is significantly elevated with the amount of tobacco smoked. Smokers are six times more likely to have this cancer than Non-Smokers.

HOW TO QUIT SMOKING?

It is definitely an onerous process to quite or break off any kind of addiction, but at the end you need to put forth your priorities and health before any kind of dependency. So, self-realization is utmost important.  

NRT (NICOTINE REPLACEMENT THERAPY):

- NICOTINE CHEWING GUMS

- PATCHES

- NASAL SPRAY

- INHALERS 

- LOZENGES

 

STAY HALE AND HEARTY!

-BY DR ADITI SUDHIR CHOCHE