DUE TO THE MOUTH IS THE GATEWAY TO THE ORGANISM, THE TOBACCO IS THE WORST ENEMY OF TEETH AND ESPECIALLY GUM.THE HABIT OF SMOKE IT IS ASSOCIATE ALSO WITH A VARIETY OF HARMFUL CHANGES IN THE ORAL CAVITY, AFFECT ALL ITS ELEMENTS, ALTERS THE MICROENVIROMENT OF THIS AND I PREDISPOSES IT TO CONDITIONS SUCH AS:
GINGIVITIS:IT IS WHEN THE GUM BLEED BECAUSE IS IRRITARED AND INFLAMED.THE GUMS ARE SOFT TISSUE THAT EASILY ABSORB THE CHEMICAL COMPONENTS OF TOBBACO. IF YOU DON’T STOP THIS FIRST STAGE OF THE DISEASE IT CAN LEAD TO PERIODONTITIS.
PERIODONTITIS: IT IS A CHRONICAL INFLAMATORY DISEASE THAT AFFECTS THE PERIODONTO (THIS IS THE NAME GIVEN TO DE TISSUES, LIGAMENT AND BONES THAT SURROUNDING THE TEETH). IF THE PERIODONTITIS IT IS NOT TREATED, IT CAN CAUSE DAMAGE TO THE STRUCTURES AND FINALLY ENDS WITH THE LOSS OF THE TEETH.
HALITOSIS: THE TOBACCO CAUSES A PARTICULAR SMEL PRODUCED BY THE SUBSTANCES THAT ARE ADDED SUCH AS TAR, AMONG OTHERS. ALL THIS GENERATES A CHARACTERISTIC SMELL IN THE BREATH AND AGGRAVATES THE ALITOSIS.
YELLOW TEETH: THE CHANGE OF COLOR OF THE THEETH TO A YELLOW TONE,IS AN EVIDENT AND ANTISTETIC CAUSE OF THE TOBAACO,WHICH IS THE REFLECTION OF WHAT CAN HAPPEN WITH THIS ADDICITION.
THE TASTE AND THE SMELL DECREASE: DUE TO THE MIXTURE OF COMPONENTS INCLUDED IN TOBACCO,THE SMOKERS FEEL THAT THESE SENSE DECREASE.THEY MAY BEGIN NO TO PERCIVE DANGEROUS ODORS OR FLAVORS SUCH AS SALTY.THIS COULD CONTRIBUTE TO INCREASE THE SALT INTAKE AND DEVELOP HIPERTENSION.
CAVITIES:SMOKING INCREASE THE RISK OF CAVITIES IN ADULTS,ALSO SMOKING REDUCES SALIVARY FLOW.
MORE FAILURES OF HTE DENTAL IMPLANTS: SMOKERS HAVE TWICE MORE PROBABILITY OF FAILURE IN THE TREATMENT WITH IMPLANTS THAN PEOPLE THAT NO SMOKE. THEREFORE,SMOKING IS CONSIDERED AS A FACTOR FOR IMPLANT FAILURE,BEING A ESSENTIAL RISK IN THE PERIIMPLATITIS ETHYLOGY(IMPLANT INFECTION)
MORE DELAY IN THE HEALING OF INJURIES: THE DECREASE IN THE DEFENSES AND THE BLOOD FLOW IN THE SMOKERS GUM FACILITATES THE RISK OF INFECTION AND REDUCES THE ABILITY OF TISSUE TO REPAIR, DELAYING TRAUMATIC AND SURGICAL HEALING.
LEUCOPLASIA: WHITE STAIN THAT DOES NOT COME OUT WHEN POLISHING TEETH,IT APPEARS IN ANY PLACE OF THE ORAL CAVITY.IT IS A PREMALIGNANT LESION.
MORE RISK OF ORAL CANCER:THE TOBACCO IS VERY IRRITATING AND HAS A LOT OF SUBSTANCES THAT CAUSE CANCER,THE MOST COMMUN IS THE NICOTINE AND TAR.IF IN ADDITION TO SMOKE YOU ADD ALCHOL WHAT IS QUITE FREQUENT ,THE RISK OF SUFFERING FROM ORAL CANCER WILL BE VERY HIGH,BEING THIS TE MOST TRAUMATIC PATHOLOGY OF THE MOUTH BECAUSE OF THE HIGH MORTALITY AND THE SERIOUS AESTHETIC PROBLEMS IT GENERATES.