This document discusses the harmful effects of tobacco use on oral health. It notes that tobacco use is responsible for many diseases and deaths worldwide each year. Tobacco increases the risk of various oral health issues like periodontal disease, oral cancer, and tooth loss. Quitting tobacco is important to reducing these health risks and preventing tobacco-related diseases.

1. Tobacco and Oral Health Eva M Roberts RDH CIV 45ADOS/SGGD March 2008 This Briefing is UNCLASSIFIED 45th Space Wing

6. Another example of the ravages of smoking. This extreme case shows the combination of smoking, poor diet, lack of sleep and stress…. Ouch!

7. The combination of tobacco and alcohol significantly increases the risk of cancer. The red swelling with central blackened ulceration of left posterior soft palate was cancer.

8. OTHER ORAL EFFECTS ANUG Nicotinic stomatitis Thrush

11. The only way to treat chronic abscesses and pain was to remove the affected teeth. Note where the tissue attached to the roots.

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