TY  - JOUR
T1  - Periodontal disease and smoking: An overview
A1  - Aasim Shah
A1  - Manu Batra
A1  - Irfan Baba
A1  - Syed Saima
A1  - Asif Yousuf
JF  - Clinical Cancer Investigation Journal
JO  - Clin Cancer Investig J
SN  - 2278-0513
Y1  - 2016
VL  - 5
IS  - 2
DO  - 10.4103/2278-0513.177132
SP  - 99
EP  - 102
N2  - The role of tobacco smoking as a causative factor in the development of the periodontal disease has long been debated and recently a large number of papers have been published in the literature regarding this symbiosis. Smoking also gives an encouraging environment for microbes in the mouth such as Porphyromonas gingivalis, Prevotella intermedia, and Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans because the by-products of smoking prevent the mechanisms that limit the growth of harmful bacteria in the oral cavity. Thus, smoking promotes early stages of periodontal disease. Smoking in the form of cigars and pipes have similar deleterious effects that cigarettes do on oral health. Much of the literature has also showed that smokers affected with periodontitis respond less favorably to periodontal treatment be it nonsurgical and surgical. In this paper, we have reviewed the effects of smoking on various aspects of the periodontal disease process.
UR  - https://ccij-online.org/article/periodontal-disease-and-smoking:-an-overview-574
ER  -