IMPACT OF TOBACCO ON ORAL HEALTH

TOBACCO ON ORAL HEALTH

            Tobacco has serious negative effects not only for your overall health, but specifically the soft and hard tissues of your mouth. Both smoking and chewing tobacco have serious risks, including oral cancer, gum disease, poor healing after surgery, receding gums, and tooth decay.

SMOKING :

        Cigarettes contain over 4,800 chemicals, 69 of which are known to cause cancer. As you inhale, the smoke lingers in your mouth before you exhale. Smoking directly affects your oral health because it, reduces blood flow to your gums, reduces the vitamin C levels needed to keep gums healthy, and raises the temperature in the mouth which causes damage to important cells. 

       

SMOKELESS TOBACCO :

  Smokeless tobacco is just as bad for you as smoking. In fact, chewing tobacco allows the harmful chemicals and substances to stay in your mouth longer and come into direct contact with your teeth and gums. This causes rapid tooth decay, gum disease, and oral cancer. Smokeless tobacco users are up to 50 times more likely to develop oral cancer, especially in areas where chewing tobacco is held in your mouth. 

EFFECTS : 

                                 

CONCLUSION:

           Brushing and flossing can help, but nothing can completely eradicate the negative impact that smoking and chewing has on breath. Smoking dries out the mouth. Without an adequate level of saliva in the mouth, bacteria does not get rinsed away naturally, thus causing bad breath and oftentimes tooth decay. So, "DON'T LET TOBACCO DESTROY YOU, START DESTROYING TOBACCO".

                             

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Ulcerations in the mouth.

ORAL ULCERS

Ulcers in the mouth that occurs on the mucous membrane of the oral cavity.

CANKER SORES

Causes of oral ulcerations include-- 

1) Local trauma.
                            -- due to sharp edge of teeth,broken filling, dentures, braces.
                       -- accidental biting of the cheek.
                       -- thermal burns due to hot foods or beverages.

ULCERATION DUE TO SHARP TOOTH

2) Apthous stomatitis / Canker sores.
                            -- recurrent formation of oral ulcers for unknown reasons.

CANKER SORE

3) Stress.
4) Unbalanced diet.
5) Hormonal imbalance.
6) Bacterial and viral infections.
7) Systemic diseases.

ULCER ON VENTRAL SURFACE OF TONGUE IN
CROHN'S DISEASE.

ULCER ON LOWER LIP  OF A
PATIENT WITH SYPHILIS.

DRUG INDUCED ULCER ON LATERAL BORDER
OF TONGUE.

ULCER IN HIV INFECTION

Mouth ulcers may cause pain and discomfort.
Mouth ulcers may be seen along with inflammation and secondary infection.

ULCERATION ON LOWER LIP

Treatment:

Most ulcers will heal completely without any intervention.
If symptomatic, removing a local cause of trauma followed by laser treatment on the affected region which helps to relieve pain immediately and heal faster.
Maintaining the good oral hygiene can prevent secondary infection and fastens healing.

Topical analgesics are used to reduce pain. 
Topical steroids are used to reduce inflammation.
People with mouth ulcers should avoid hot and spicy foods, which can increase the pain.
For recurrent ulcerations, vitamin and mineral supplements may be needed.

Rootz Dental Care and Implant Center has specialists with proven expertise in Oral medicine. For more information regarding treatments contact us today.

                                             

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                                                Rajiv Gandhi Salai, Thuraipakkam,

                                                Chennai - 600 097,

                                                Phone :- 9786688755,044-49504825

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