Tobacco and Oral Health

Tobacco use has a personal impact on individuals as well as also has a public health impact. Tobacco use results in various systemic condition including cardiovascular disease, lung disease, and numerous types of cancer. Tobacco use is also associated with an increased risk of oral cancer and other mucosal lesions, periodontal disease, caries and impaired healing. In addition, exposure to environmental smoke (second hand smoke) is associated with oral and systemic diseases that include caries, cardiovascular and lung disease, and periodontal disease. Educating and advising patients on tobacco cessation, and referring them or implementing a program, helps patients stop using tobacco and improve their health.

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