Houston Smokers Are at Greater Risk of Gum Disease
Houston smokers have felt increasingly pressed upon to quit their habits due to recent city-wide cessation laws. While many Houston smokers have complained about what they perceive to be an absurdity in disallowing smoking from places such as bars and nightclubs, some consideration needs to be given to the fact that recent studies have linked smoking to more than what was previously known about heart and lung diseases.
Tobacco use of all kinds is now showing to have definite causative links to many problems related to oral health including, but not limited to, gum recession, bone loss, and resulting tooth loss. Even smokers who smoke less than half a pack a day are three times more likely to develop gum disease than people who do not smoke at all.
This is sobering news for Houston smokers who have recently been considering giving up the habit due to the increasing unpopularity of the practice even in places that have been considered heretofore nefarious and shady.
Houston smokers need to educate themselves about some of the more unpleasant facts of periodontal disease before they assume that this is simply a case of minor irritation and occasionally bleeding gums. In reality, only a mild case of Periodontitis proves even that mild.
More severe cases, or course, are both more painful and damaging to the body as a whole.
The condition involves the chronic spread of infections bacteria that affects gum tissue, bone, and attachment fibers that hold the teeth to the jaw bone. As plaque forms on the teeth, bacteria have breeding ground multiply and move into these areas where they can cause gingivitis (inflammation and reddening of the gums) and start progressing toward moderate or even advanced Periodontitis—the type of gum disease that can destroy your mouth and even cause other conditions such as heart disease.
The Houston Medical Center Dental Group is here to help smokers move away from both the destructive causes of such horrific outcomes and move toward a brighter, healthier future. Our cosmetic dentists and dental hygienists want to help Houston smokers—not condemn them.
We offer proactive, individual dental self-care programs, thorough dental examinations, examinations and checks for possible oral cancer, and advanced Laser Periodontal Therapy for even the most severe cases of gum disease.
So whether you think you are ready to quit smoking or not, at least come see us now and let us help you better understand your current condition so you can make an informed, quality decision about yourself and your future dental health.
Tobacco use of all kinds is now showing to have definite causative links to many problems related to oral health including, but not limited to, gum recession, bone loss, and resulting tooth loss. Even smokers who smoke less than half a pack a day are three times more likely to develop gum disease than people who do not smoke at all.
This is sobering news for Houston smokers who have recently been considering giving up the habit due to the increasing unpopularity of the practice even in places that have been considered heretofore nefarious and shady.
Houston smokers need to educate themselves about some of the more unpleasant facts of periodontal disease before they assume that this is simply a case of minor irritation and occasionally bleeding gums. In reality, only a mild case of Periodontitis proves even that mild.
More severe cases, or course, are both more painful and damaging to the body as a whole.
The condition involves the chronic spread of infections bacteria that affects gum tissue, bone, and attachment fibers that hold the teeth to the jaw bone. As plaque forms on the teeth, bacteria have breeding ground multiply and move into these areas where they can cause gingivitis (inflammation and reddening of the gums) and start progressing toward moderate or even advanced Periodontitis—the type of gum disease that can destroy your mouth and even cause other conditions such as heart disease.
The Houston Medical Center Dental Group is here to help smokers move away from both the destructive causes of such horrific outcomes and move toward a brighter, healthier future. Our cosmetic dentists and dental hygienists want to help Houston smokers—not condemn them.
We offer proactive, individual dental self-care programs, thorough dental examinations, examinations and checks for possible oral cancer, and advanced Laser Periodontal Therapy for even the most severe cases of gum disease.
So whether you think you are ready to quit smoking or not, at least come see us now and let us help you better understand your current condition so you can make an informed, quality decision about yourself and your future dental health.
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