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1. How Tobacco Adversely
Affects Oral Health

2. Lung cancer is the first thing
that comes to mind for most
people when they think of
the adverse effects of
tobacco on the human body.

3. However, all of the common
ways that people use
tobacco begin with the
mouth, and the damage
tobacco does to oral health
can range from subtle to
severe.

4. Cigars, cigarettes, pipes, snuff,
dip and chewing tobacco can
all contribute to oral
disfigurement, damage, and
disease.

5. Family dentists can be
instrumental in the education of
children and youth in the
dangers of tobacco use, and
cosmetic dentists can provide
treatments for and repair
damage already present in
adults.

6. Nicotine stains and other
discolorations on teeth and
dentures, lips, and tongue are
obvious but relatively harmless
effects of every kind of tobacco
use, as is halitosis, or bad
breath.

7. Less objectively obvious but
more harmful effects of
tobacco use are the loss or
diminishing of the senses of
taste and smell, smoker’s
palate (a reaction of the
mucosal lining of the palate to
elevated temperatures),

8. - contribution to the formation
and advancement of cavities,
sinusitis (which can cause pain
similar to that of a toothache),
and damage to dental
implants.

9. Tobacco use can also reduce
the success of dental
procedures, and contribute to
delays in the healing of oral
wounds.

10. The gums suffer more severe
direct damage than the teeth
in tobacco users.

11. Periodontitis, a group of
diseases that affect the
tissues that support the
teeth, is more prevalent
and more severe among
tobacco users than among
those that have never used
tobacco,

12. - and the majority of
periodontitis patients that
do not respond well to
common treatment are
users, particularly
smokers.

13. Smokers experience
significantly greater bone
loss; Also tooth loss is two
to three times higher in
smokers than in non-
smokers.

14. Users of smokeless
tobacco will often
experience gingival
recession (receding gums),
and mucosal lesions.

15. All tobacco users are at
elevated risk of developing
oral cancers and pre-
cancers.

16. The lungs are considered
to be the highest risk site
for cancer in smokers, with
the larynx and mouth being
the next-highest risk site.

17. Oral cancer is the eighth-
most common cancer type in
men, and can rise as high as
the third-most common
cancer in some parts of the
world.

18. Nicotine use can suppress
the immune and
cardiovascular systems,
and along with other
compounds in tobacco, can
lead to chronic
inflammation, which can
contribute to the risk of
cancer.

19. Tobacco use negatively
affects the efficacy of drugs
and other treatments, and
can delay and complicate
recovery.

20. The only effects of tobacco
use on oral health are
negative. Even diligent dental
care and treatment can only
delay, and not prevent,
potential disfigurement and
disease.

21. For chronic tobacco
users it becomes a
question of not if, but
when, treatment
becomes necessary.

22. Family dentists and their
staffs have a unique
opportunity to educate young
people on the dangers of
tobacco use to oral and
overall health.

23. Cosmetic dentists have a
wide range of treatments
and techniques available to
them for treatment after the
fact, but the best treatment
will always be prevention.

24. If you are seeking
professional dental advice,
it's time to call Shumway
Dental Care.

25. Their Chandler dentists will
ask you questions, examine
you, and determine exactly
what needs to be done to
get you back to normal.

26. Call today for an appointment.

27. Visit
www.shumwaydental.co
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28. Shumway Dental Care
3150 S Gilbert Rd Suite 1
Chandler, AZ 85286
(480) 659-7800