Dental authority highlights the link between oral health and smoking

The Academy of General Dentistry claims that smoking is the number one cause of preventable deaths and disease in the US. Smoking also increases the prevalence of gum disease and oral cancer. Gum disease and tooth loss is a chronic infection and inflammation of the gums and even the surrounding tissue. In the long-term, bones that hold the tooth in place may become destroyed. Symptoms of gum disease are red, swollen or tender gums, gums that pull away from teeth, bad breath, loose teeth, separating teeth and bleeding gums when brushing or flossing. Evidence of oral cancer includes red, white or discolored patches in mouth, patches in or around mouth, lumps in or around mouth, difficulty swallowing and frequent bleeding from mouth or throat. Oral cancer is often not diagnosed until it reaches the late stages and thus the five year survival rate is 54%. Smoking also causes unsightly dark stains on teeth, bad breath and a condition called black hairy tongue where irritation from smoking results in dark staining of the tongue.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by Pak Tribune

Related Disease Topics:

• Oral cancer
• Gum disease
• Smoking
• Tooth loss
• Infection
• Inflammation
• Gum inflammation
• Gum infection

Related Symptom Topics:

• Red gums
• Swollen gums
• Tender gums
• Gums that pull away from teeth
• Bad breath
• Loose teeth
• Separating teeth
• Bleeding gums when brushing or flossing
• Red patches in mouth
• White patches in mouth
• Discolored patches in mouth
• Patches in or around mouth
• Lumps in or around mouth
• Difficulty swallowing
• Frequent bleeding from mouth
• Frequent bleeding from throat
• Stained teeth
• Bad breath
• Black hairy tongue
• Stained tongue

Article Source Details

About: Dental authority highlights the link between oral health and smoking

Date: 15 January 2005

Source: Pak Tribune

URL: http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=90541

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Diagnosis
• Diagnosis and red gums
• Diagnosis and swollen gums
• Diagnosis and tender gums
• Diagnosis and gums that pull away from teeth
• Diagnosis and bad breath
• Diagnosis and loose teeth
• Diagnosis and separating teeth
• Diagnosis and bleeding gums when brushing or flossing
• Diagnosis and red patches in mouth
• Diagnosis and white patches in mouth
• Diagnosis and discolored patches in mouth
• Diagnosis and patches in or around mouth
• Diagnosis and lumps in or around mouth
• Diagnosis and difficulty swallowing
• Diagnosis and frequent bleeding from mouth
• Diagnosis and frequent bleeding from throat
• Diagnosis and stained teeth
• Diagnosis and bad breath
• Diagnosis and black hairy tongue
• Diagnosis and stained tongue
• Diagnosis and oral cancer
• Diagnosis and gum disease
• Diagnosis and smoking
• Diagnosis and tooth loss
• Diagnosis and infection
• Diagnosis and inflammation
• Diagnosis and gum inflammation
• Diagnosis and gum infection
• Undiagnosed
• Undiagnosed and red gums
• Undiagnosed and swollen gums
• Undiagnosed and tender gums
• Undiagnosed and gums that pull away from teeth
• Undiagnosed and bad breath
• Undiagnosed and loose teeth
• Undiagnosed and separating teeth
• Undiagnosed and bleeding gums when brushing or flossing
• Undiagnosed and red patches in mouth
• Undiagnosed and white patches in mouth
• Undiagnosed and discolored patches in mouth
• Undiagnosed and patches in or around mouth
• Undiagnosed and lumps in or around mouth
• Undiagnosed and difficulty swallowing
• Undiagnosed and frequent bleeding from mouth
• Undiagnosed and frequent bleeding from throat
• Undiagnosed and stained teeth
• Undiagnosed and bad breath
• Undiagnosed and black hairy tongue
• Undiagnosed and stained tongue
• Undiagnosed and oral cancer
• Undiagnosed and gum disease
• Undiagnosed and smoking
• Undiagnosed and tooth loss
• Undiagnosed and infection
• Undiagnosed and inflammation
• Undiagnosed and gum inflammation
• Undiagnosed and gum infection
• Cause of red gums
• Cause of swollen gums
• Cause of tender gums
• Cause of gums that pull away from teeth
• Cause of bad breath
• Cause of loose teeth
• Cause of separating teeth
• Cause of bleeding gums when brushing or flossing
• Cause of red patches in mouth
• Cause of white patches in mouth
• Cause of discolored patches in mouth
• Cause of patches in or around mouth
• Cause of lumps in or around mouth
• Cause of difficulty swallowing
• Cause of frequent bleeding from mouth
• Cause of frequent bleeding from throat
• Cause of stained teeth
• Cause of bad breath
• Cause of black hairy tongue
• Cause of stained tongue
• Cause of oral cancer
• Cause of gum disease
• Cause of smoking
• Cause of tooth loss
• Cause of infection
• Cause of inflammation
• Cause of gum inflammation
• Cause of gum infection
• Risk and oral cancer
• Risk and gum disease
• Risk and smoking
• Risk and tooth loss
• Risk and infection
• Risk and inflammation
• Risk and gum inflammation
• Risk and gum infection
• Death from oral cancer
• Cause of death

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