ArticleTobacco induced diseases2004
The influence of tobacco smoking on the onset of periodontitis in young persons.
Article in Tobacco induced diseases, 2004. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 55 citations in OpenAlex.
- Inflammatory Association between Periodontal Disease and Systemic Health.Inflammation · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of electronic and conventional cigarettes on periodontal health-a systematic review and meta-analysis.Clinical oral investigations · 2023Pooled it
- Repeatability of dental plaque quantitation by light induced fluorescence technology in current, former, and never smokers.BMC oral health · 2023Trial
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- Smoking Cessation and Outcome of Non-Surgical Periodontal Therapy: A Retrospective Analysis.International journal of dental hygiene · 2025Article
- Prevalence of rapid calculus formers and its associated factors amongst patients visiting a dental hospital: a preliminary investigation.BMC oral health · 2024Article
- Early detection of cardiovascular risk markers through non-invasive ultrasound methodologies in periodontitis patients.Open medicine (Warsaw, Poland) · 2024Review
- Effect of nonsurgical periodontal therapy and smoking status on hematological variables related to anemia of chronic disease in chronic periodontitis patient: a case-control study.Journal of Yeungnam medical science · 2022Article
- Impact of Smoking on Neutrophil Enzyme Levels in Gingivitis: A Case-Control Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
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- Relationship between the prevalence of oral human papillomavirus DNA and periodontal disease (Review).Biomedical reports · 2021Review
- Prevalence and Associated Factors of Self-Reported Gingival Bleeding: A Multicenter Study in France.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Fretibacterium sp. human oral taxon 360 is a novel biomarker for periodontitis screening in the Japanese population.PloS one · 2019Article
- Oral Health Status of Underground Coal Mine Workers of Ramakrishnapur, Adilabad District, Telangana, India - A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of clinical and diagnostic research : JCDR · 2016Article
- Three cases of previous smokers with rheumatoid arthritis who did not respond to tumor necrosis factor inhibitors were treated successfully with an anti-interleukin-6 receptor antibody.Case reports in rheumatology · 2015Article
- Doppler flowmetry as a tool of predictive, preventive and personalised dentistry.The EPMA journal · 2013Article
- Comparative analysis of smoking influence on periodontal tissue in subjects with periodontal disease.Materia socio-medica · 2013Article
- Fatty acid profiles in smokers with chronic periodontitis.Journal of dental research · 2011Article
- Destructive effects of smoking on molecular and genetic factors of periodontal disease.Tobacco induced diseases · 2010Article
- Tobacco-induced alterations to Porphyromonas gingivalis-host interactions.Environmental microbiology · 2009Article
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Abstract
This paper reviews the evidence for cigarette smoking as a risk factor for the development of severe destructive periodontal disease in young adults. A high prevalence of cigarette smoking has been identified among young individuals with aggressive periodontitis and tobacco usage increases the risk of periodontal destruction most significantly in young populations. The effect appears to be dose related and is independent of levels of plaque accumulation. Young smokers have more alveolar bone loss and attachment loss than non smoking equivalents. Prolonged and heavy smoking can reduce gingival bleeding and therefore mask the clinical marker of bleeding on probing often used by dentists to monitor periodontal health. This has implications for potential misdiagnosis and failure to detect periodontitis at an early stage. Nicotine metabolites concentrate in the periodontal tissues and can have local effects as well as the potential to affect the systemic host response. Dentists are well placed to assess the smoking status of their young patients and have a role to play in the delivery of smoking cessation advice especially as it pertains to periodontal health. In this way the dental profession can also make a significant contribution to the general health and well being of our youth and future generations.
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