- Cigar and Pipe Smoking are as Dangerous as Cigarettes to Periodontal Health
"Pierce Brosnan and Demi Moore have appeared on covers of cigar magazines...What the covers don't show is models with missing teeth." Yet recent research shows that cigars, pipes, and cigarettes all damage periodontal health and cause tooth loss.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2001-01/AAoP-Caps-0401101.php
- Oral Effects of Tobacco
Effects on oral mucosa, gingival and bone damage, damage to teeth local physiology, microbiology, esthetics.
http://www.maxillofacialcenter.com/TobaccoEffects.html
- Tobacco and Dental Problems
32 page factsheet from a book on tobacco covers what tobacco products do to teeth and gums.
http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter11/Chap11_Other_Health_ProblemsPage3.html
- Tobacco Use and Periodontal Disease
A lesser known effect of tobacco products: tooth and gum disease. With modern dental care, 80% of nonsmokers still have their own teeth at age 65; for smokers, the odds aren't nearly so good. These and other facts from the American Academy of Periodontology.
http://www.perio.org/consumer/smoking.htm
- Why the Marlboro Man Is a Fan of Efferdent
Every drag takes you a step closer to gumming your way through dinner: cigarettes cause gum disease and subsequent tooth loss.
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,46222,00.html
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