Smoking

Smoking

When smoking, you get get all kinds of dangerous substances in your mouth, such as nicotine and tar. Everything in your mouth that comes into direct contact with tobacco smoke can be damaged because of this. So, also the soft sides in the mouth! But smoking has more consequences for your oral health.
Wounds in your mouth will not heal very well, because the blood vessels narrow, the blood flow is less, which means that healing will be slower. The following points can also play a role if you smoke:
• Increased risk of tooth loss
• Risk of Implantology. The chance of implants is less?? (dit is onduidelijk)
• Higher risk of oral cancer
• Discolouration of the teeth
• Bad breath

Stopping with smoking has a positive effect on your oral health even after just two to six weeks. The gums get better blood flow again, so there are less inflammations. This will also have a positive effect on the results of treatments.