ArticleOral health & preventive dentistry2025
Selected Population-based Oral Health Assessment Following Usage of E-Cigarettes and Combustible Cigarettes.
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- Periodontal and Peri-Implant Status Among Users of Different Inhaled Tobacco and Nicotine Products: A Systematic Review.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
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Abstract
purposeTo compare oral health following e-cigarette and cigarette use in a Chinese male population. MATERIALS AND
methodsIn this study, we selected 83 adult Chinese males aged between 18-35 years of age, including 31 regular traditional cigarette smokers, 20 regular e-cigarette users, and 32 never-smokers and never-vapers. Their clinical periodontal indicators (bleeding on probing, probing depth, clinical attachment loss) and salivary levels of interleukin (IL)-6, IL-8, IL-1β and cotinine were measured and compared.
resultsIn this selected population, traditional cigarette smokers (CS) had statistically significantly higher bleeding on probing and clinical attachment loss than did ES and NS. The probing depths and IL-6, IL-8, and IL-1β levels were statistically significantly higher in CS than in e-cigarette users (ES) and never-smokers (NS).
conclusionsThis study demonstrated that the oral health status of CS was worse than that of NS and ES in adult males aged 18-35 years.
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