ArticleJournal of clinical periodontology2007
Cigarette smoking and periodontal disease among 32-year-olds: a prospective study of a representative birth cohort.
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- Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of the Association Between Exposure to Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Periodontitis Endpoints Among Nonsmokers.Nicotine & tobacco research : official journal of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco · 2016Pooled it
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- Onset of periodontitis - a registry-based cohort study.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Article
- Impact of Smoking Cessation on Periodontal Tissues.International dental journal · 2022Review
- Oral and periodontal implications of tobacco and nicotine products.Periodontology 2000 · 2021Review
- Association Between Tobacco Smoking, Dental Status and Self-perceived Oral Health in Elderly Adults in Colombia.Journal of cross-cultural gerontology · 2021Article
- Perception of Tobacco Counseling and Cessation among Dental Practitioners.Journal of smoking cessation · 2021Article
- The Dunedin Multidisciplinary Health and Development Study: Oral health findings and their implications.Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand · 2020Article
- Environmental tobacco smoke exposure and periodontitis prevalence among nonsmokers in the hispanic community Health Study/Study of Latinos.Community dentistry and oral epidemiology · 2017Article
- Periodontitis is not associated with metabolic risk during the fourth decade of life.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2017Article
- The tobacco-using periodontal patient: role of the dental practitioner in tobacco cessation and periodontal disease management.Periodontology 2000 · 2016Review
- Bias in estimating the cross-sectional smoking, alcohol, obesity and diabetes associations with moderate-severe periodontitis in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study: comparison of full versus partial-mouth estimates.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2015Article
- The natural history of periodontal attachment loss during the third and fourth decades of life.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2013Article
- Estimation of the costs of smoking-related oral disease: a representative South Korean study.International dental journal · 2012Article
- Evaluation and management of asymptomatic third molars: Lack of symptoms does not equate to lack of pathology.American journal of orthodontics and dentofacial orthopedics : official publication of the American Association of Orthodontists, its constituent societies, and the American Board of Orthodontics · 2011Article
- Inter-generational continuity in periodontal health: findings from the Dunedin family history study.Journal of clinical periodontology · 2011Article
- General health screening as part of a periodontal examination.Journal of oral microbiology · 2010Article
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Abstract
backgroundSmoking is recognized as the primary behavioural risk factor for periodontal attachment loss (AL), but confirmatory data from prospective cohort studies are scarce.
aimTo quantify the association between cigarette smoking patterns and AL by age 32.
methodsPeriodontal examinations were conducted at ages 26 and 32 in a longstanding prospective study of a birth cohort born in Dunedin (New Zealand) in 1972/1973. Longitudinal categorization of smoking exposure was undertaken using data collected at ages 15, 18, 21, 26 and 32.
resultsComplete data were available for 810 individuals of whom 48.9% had ever smoked (31.5% were current smokers). Compared with never-smokers, long-term smokers (and other age-32 smokers) had very high odds ratios (ORs of 7.1 and 5.7, respectively) for having 1 +sites with 5 +mm AL, and were more likely to be incident cases after age 26 (ORs of 5.2 and 3.2, respectively). Two-thirds of new cases after age 26 were attributable to smoking. There were no significant differences in periodontal health between never-smokers and those who had quit smoking after age 26.
conclusionsCurrent and long-term smoking in young adults is detrimental to periodontal health, but smoking cessation may be associated with a relatively rapid improvement in the periodontium.
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