Open AccessEffects of smoking on oral health: Awareness among dental patients and their attitude towards its cessation
Author(s) -
Archana B More,
Anisha Rodrigues,
Bhakti Jaduram Sadhu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/ijdr.ijdr_711_18
Subject(s) - medicine , smoking cessation , oral health , socioeconomic status , cross sectional study , dentistry , cigarette smoking , family medicine , environmental health , population , pathology
Tobacco smoking is the leading cause of preventable premature mortality in the world. Smoking is also detrimental to oral health, causing unaesthetic tooth staining, bad breath, periodontal diseases, impaired healing of wounds, increased risk of dental implant failure, precancerous conditions and oral cancer.