subject: Avoiding Tobacco Products [print this page] The use of tobacco products leads to serious diseases, including heart disease, stroke, emphysema, and cancer. It can also lead to consequences in your oral health, which can be very problematic both visually and medically.
One of the most noticeable oral problems with tobacco use is bad breath and teeth discoloration. These are visually unappealing, but can also be signs of more serious problems going on.
Discoloration on your dentils is caused by the build-up of nicotine. The nicotine comes from tobacco products, which are constantly touching and rubbing against your gums and dentils.
Since nicotine is a chemical, once it accumulates on your dentils, it cannot be removed with just brushing. A professional must be paid to remove the buildup of nicotine, tartar, and plaque.
This not only causes noticeably yellow teeth, but also causes bad breath. When nicotine stays on the teeth and gums for a long time, it starts to smell worse than it initially did while on the cigarette.
Things like chew can also cause inflammation of the salivary gland openings on the roof of the mouth. This can cause a dry mouth, and prevent your mouth from receiving the moisture it needs to clean and hydrate the inside of your mouth.
By simply chewing or smoking tobacco, you expose yourself to the harmful effects of nicotine. Contrary to popular belief, nicotine does not only affect the lungs; it also has serious effects on your oral health, especially on the teeth and gums of the smoker.
Smoking can also lease to leukoplakia, which are white patches that appear on the inside of the mouth. These can be signs of cancer, which would require severe treatments to remove, if removing them is an option.
Cancer can also lead to bone loss in the jaw; hence why you see cancer patients with no jaw and having to use a feeding tube that goes down their throat. The use of tobacco products also increases your risks of gum disease.
Gum disease is a result of the tartar in cigarettes or chew rubbing away at the gums and reducing their abilities to keep things from getting into them. Your gums provide protection to the roots of your teeth and bones inside of your mouth.
The thinning of gums and gradually exposes the root to foreign objects in the mouth. This allows bacteria to easily penetrate through the roots and infect the gums.
When the strength of your gums is compromised, they leave your teeth unprotected, allowing you're the roots of your teeth to weaken as well. All of this can and probably will lead to your teeth being uprooted and falling out.
Gum disease is the leading cause of tooth loss because tobacco products are so popular. Also, since there is now an entry for foreign substances, it can cause the possible development of various forms of cancer.
After your adult dentils fall out, no more will grow in; they are gone forever. You can either go the rest of your life with gaps in your teeth, or you can get false dentils, which can be very expensive.
Smoking and other tobacco products can lead to gum disease by affecting the attachment of bone and soft tissue to your teeth. Smoking interferes with the normal function of gum tissue cells.
This interference makes smokers more susceptible to infections, such as periodontal disease, and also seems to impair blood flow to the gums. The lack of blood flow may affect wound healing, which can leave open sore in your mouth.
Smoking tobacco can also make the mouth and throat prone to bacteria, which causes the gums to swell and inflame due to infection. It can also cause bleeding for both gums and teeth.
With diseases like oral cancer, gum disease, leukoplakia, or others, you may need to get your teeth extracted or receive oral surgery. These may be painful, and will require periodontal treatment.
