Open AccessTypes of bone destruction and its severity in chronic periodontitis patients with tobacco smoking habit using periapical radiographs and transgingival probing: A cross-sectional study
Author(s) -
B J Janardhana Amaranath,
Neelam Das,
Ira Gupta,
Rohit Gupta,
Bijoy John,
M P Shyamala Devi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of indian society of periodontology (print)/journal of indian society of periodontology (online)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.309
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 0975-1580
pISSN - 0972-124X
DOI - 10.4103/jisp.jisp_212_19
Subject(s) - medicine , dentistry , clinical attachment loss , periodontitis , chronic periodontitis , molar , cigarette smoking , radiography , surgery
Tobacco smoking is an independent risk factor for periodontal disease which increases periodontal pocketing, attachment loss, as well as bone loss leading to varied severity and bone destruction in the form of horizontal and vertical patterns.