Open AccessTobacco Use and its Dental Implications: A Review
Author(s) -
Kesari Singh,
Khateeb Khan
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international healthcare research journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2456-8090
DOI - 10.26440/ihrj.v2i7.162
Subject(s) - medicine , tobacco use , oral health , periodontal disease , dentistry , smoking cessation , disease , gingival recession , cancer , environmental health , pathology , population
Use of tobacco can be attributed to oral diseases and disorders like oral cancer, periodontal disease, caries and gingival recession along with various other benign mucosal disorders as well as failure of implants. The need for specific attention is given to the impact of tobacco cessation on oral health outcomes. This review concluded that severe robust epidemiologic evidence exists for the adverse oral health effects of tobacco smoking and other types of tobacco use.