Gum Disease and Smoking

Smoking is one of the major risk factors that increase the chance of developing gum disease. Compared to non-smokers, smokers are five times more likely to develop gum diseases. The nicotine in cigarettes will decrease the blood flow to your gum area as well as slowing down your body's inflammatory reaction to the bacteria. In other words little bacteria fighting soldiers are prevented from battling infection. Research has proven that former smokers and non-smokers, in fact, respond better to the treatment of gum disease than smokers. A study showed that if you had quit smoking 11 years ago, the odds of getting periodontal disease were the same as those patients who had never smoked. The risk is even higher for smokers with diabetes. Actually, an individual, who is smoker and diabetic, and age 45 or older, is 20 times more likely to have gum diseases.

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