The influence of smoking on Dental and Oral Health

Smoking is very disturbing health, the fact is we can not deny. Many diseases have proven to be bad consequences of smoking, either directly or indirectly.

Smoking not only harm the smoker, but also for those around him.

Cigarette smoke is a pollutant for humans and the environment. Not only for health, smoking also cause problems in the economic field. In the advanced industrial countries, there is now a tendency to stop smoking, whereas in developing countries, it tends to occur increased smoking.

Smoking can cause, especially cardiovascular disease and cancer, both lung cancer, esophagus, laryng, and oral cavity.

Cancer in the oral cavity usually begins with the irritation of cigarette products to be smoked. These irritants cause white lesions that are not sick.

Also smoking can also cause abnormalities in the oral cavity such as the tongue, gums, mouth mucosa, teeth and palate in the form of Nicotine stomatitis and fungal infections.

INFLUENCE OF SMOKING ON TONGUE

In heavy smokers, smoking causes stimulation in the papilafiliformis (bulge / hanging at the top of the tongue) to become longer (hipertropi). Here the results of the cigarette burning brownish-black that easily deposited, so that the smoker is difficult to feel a sense of bitter, salty, and sweet, because damage to the tip of the tentacle sensory (tastebuds).

INFLUENCE OF SMOKING ON GUMS

Number of tartar in smokers are more prone than non-smokers. Coral teeth are not cleaned can cause a variety of complaints such as gingivitis or bleeding gums. Besides, the burning cigarette can cause circulation of blood circulation to the gums so easy to contract the disease.

Mucosal thickening FROM SMOKING

Smoking is a risk factor for leukoplakia is a white patches or plaques on the mucosa of the mouth that can not be deleted.

STAIN FOR TOBACCO

Teeth may change color due to tobacco. At first this stain be caused by nicotine, but in fact is the result of burning tobacco in the form of tar. Nicotine itself is colorless and easily soluble. Shafer and his colleagues say that the brown color usually occurs in smokers, while black color occurs in smokers who use the pipe. The stains are easy to clean because there is only on the plains outside the teeth. But in people who smoked all his life, the stain can be entered into the enamel layer of the superficial and difficult to remove.

Get used to check the teeth every 6 months, despite having no complaints. And most important is a strong will to eliminate smoking, if necessary, consult with your doctor