USING TOBACCO AFFECTS YOUR ORAL HYGIENE

SMOKING CAN CAUSE:

• Tooth loss
• Mouth cancer
• Staining of the teeth
• Gum disease
• Dry mouth and bad breath

HOW IT CAUSES CANCER

• Damages cells
• Causes rapid cell growth
• Repair damaged cells

HOW IT CAUSES GUM DISEASE

• Smoking changes the bacteria in plaque
• increases harmful bacteria
• reduces blood flow to the gums
• may not be able to see the symptoms
• Most common cause to tooth loss

WHY YOU LOSE YOUR TEETH

• Gum disease attacks bone and tissue
• Tissue holds the teeth
• No tissue= no teeth

WHY IT STAINS YOUR TEETH

• teeth stain because of nicotine and tar
• Sticks to teeth
• Turns teeth brown

MOUTH SORES

• Heals slower
• Causing infection

FUN FACTS

• 4xs more likely of getting oral cancer
• Affects your sense taste
• Shrinks your gums
• Can make your toungue hairy
• 6xs more likely to get gum disease

FUN FACTS CONT.

• Chew has sugar in it which leads to cavities
• Can get oral cancer from second hand smoke
• Can turn your teeth black

36,500 people will be diagnosed with mouth disease annually from using tobacco

RESOURCES

• https://www.dentalhealth.org/tell-me-about/topic/sundry/smoking-and-oral-he...
• http://healthyteeth.org/no-butts-about-it/
• https://www.dhsv.org.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/3104/tobacco-alcohol-dr...
• http://oralcancerfoundation.org/tobacco/tobacco-forms-types.php
• http://www.simplestepsdental.com/SS/ihtSSPrint/r.==/st.32477/t.32501/pr.3/c...