Open AccessSmoking as a Risk Factor for the Development of Periimplant Diseases
Author(s) -
Priscila Ladeira Casado,
Telma Regina da Silva Aguiar,
Marina Prado Fernandes Pinheiro,
Aldir Nascimento Machado,
Aristides da Rosa Pinheiro
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
implant dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1538-2982
pISSN - 1056-6163
DOI - 10.1097/id.0000000000000876
Subject(s) - medicine , risk factor , confounding , disease , dentistry , population , medline , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , physics , optics , political science , law
Risk factors associated with periimplant disease have been exhaustively explored in many studies. However, despite the high incidence of smokers in the general population, it is still unclear whether smoking is a risk factor for the development of periimplant diseases.