ArticleJournal of periodontology2023
Retrospective exploratory study of smoking status and e-cigarette use with response to non-surgical periodontal therapy.
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- Effect of Vaping on Treatment Outcomes in Patients With Gingivitis, Periodontitis, and/or Peri-Implant Disease: A Systematic Review.Clinical and experimental dental research · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of Electronic Cigarettes on Periodontal Health: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.International dental journal · 2025Pooled it
- E-cigarettes and periodontal health: current evidence and research gaps.Brazilian oral research · 2026Review
- Trying to clear the air: e-cigarette use and periodontal disease.British dental journal · 2025Review
- Effects of e-cigarette smoking on periodontal health: A scoping review.PLOS global public health · 2024Article
- Retrospective exploratory study of smoking status and e-cigarette use with response to non-surgical periodontal therapy.Journal of periodontology · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundTo compare periodontal treatment responses in electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) users, non-smokers, former and current smokers.
methodsIn this retrospective clinical study, 220 patients with periodontitis were seen for baseline periodontal charting, professional-mechanical-plaque-removal (PMPR) and re-evaluation by postgraduate students. Sixty of these patients were former smokers, twenty were former smokers now using e-cigarettes, twenty current smokers, while all others (n = 120) were non-smokers. Effects of smoking status and treatment duration on clinical outcomes were analyzed by linear models using generalized least squares adjusted for known confounders. The primary outcome was "need for surgery" defined as number of sextants with ≥2 non-adjacent sites of probing depths (PD) ≥5 mm.
resultsCompared with non-smokers, e-cigarette users had a less favorable treatment response after PMPR. This included statistically significant increased "need for surgery", as well as increased number of sextants with PD ≥5 mm, number of sites with PD >5 mm and mean PD. There were no statistically significant differences between e-cigarette users and current smokers. Former smokers responded statistically significantly better than e-cigarette users for the primary outcome as well as for the number of sextants and sites with PD ≥5 mm and mean PD.
conclusionsOverall, e-cigarette users had a statistically significantly less favorable response to PMPR than non-smokers; their response was not statistically significantly different to those of current smokers. This, however, needs to be validated with further research in prospective clinical and observational studies in different populations.
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