Smoking the dental facts

Smoking is the biggest outside factor affecting the health of your mouth makes gum disease much worse. Image

Studies have shown that you are more than three times as likely to suffer severe gum disease and loose teeth if you smoke, and smoking is also associated with higher levels of tooth decay because:

* Smokers may neglect their teeth more
* Smokers may suck sweets to disguise the smell of smoke
* Smoking itself may advance your decay
* Smoking affects your saliva production
* Smoking also causes cancer of your mouth, throat and lungs as well as being implicated in heart disease, and the progression and severity of other forms of cancer such as breast and ovarian cancer

If you would like help to give up, please ask us, we know it’s not easy!

We can give you information on some techniques to help you and if you need support there are various people and groups to whom you can be referred.

Please ask for more information.

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