Numerous studies on snuff and periodontics have shown that smoking can cause and worsen diseases in the mouth.
The snuff can cause serious disruptions in the area of ​​periodontal (gum, tooth cementum, periodontal ligament and alveolar bone).
Smoking disrupts the ecosystem mouth. When the microbiological balance is altered, increasing the number of harmful bacteria in the mouth. This alteration causes a series of ailments related to periodontics.
We can divide damages into two categories of snuff: snuff smoke and toxic products.
Snuff smoke
Through direct exposure to smoke from tobacco, snuff and alters locally damaged oral health. The temperature of the smoke and all accompanying irritants injure the lining of the mouth.
Harmful substances
Similarly, the harmful substances that travel through the bloodstream damage, systematically, the dental organs.
This attack, in turn, produces a double change in the periodontal health. On the one hand, smoking reduces the production of antibodies, and thus disrupts the defense mechanism of the body. Furthermore, the snuff destroys healthy tissue.
Nicotine: a Trojan horse
The effect of nicotine is harmful because it directly attacks the cells of the periodontium. Nicotine enters the tissues as a Trojan horse, and after a storage time of silent, begins to attack.
Locally nicotine reduces blood flow in the gums, because the cells do not reach enough oxygen.
Most common effects of snuff on oral health
-Bone loss
-Periodontal attachment loss
-Formation of periodontal pockets
-Inflammation
-Increased plaque index
-Gingivitis
-Bleeding gums
-Poor healing
-Periodontitis
Although periodontitis is a multifactorial disease, the snuff is a key factor in its development. Smokers are at higher risk of annoying and often painful disease. Quitting smoking is a brake on the adverse effects on the oral cavity.
