Cigar and Pipe Smoking are as Dangerous as Cigarettes to Periodontal Health
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Description: "Pierce Brosnan and Demi Moore have appeared on covers of cigar magazines...What the covers don't show is models with missing teeth." Yet recent research shows that cigars, pipes, and cigarettes all damage periodontal health and cause tooth loss.
Cigar and pipe smoking are as dangerous as cigarettes to periodontal health Public release date: 4-Jan-2001 Cigar and pipe smoking are as dangerous as cigarettes to periodontal health CHICAGO – Pierce Brosnan and Demi Moore have appeared on covers of cigar magazines sending the message that cigar smoking, a growing habit among the young and affluent, is sophisticated. What the covers don’t show is models with missing teeth. Yet, according to a study published in the newly released Journal of Periodontology, cigar and pipe smoking may have nearly the same adverse effects on periodontal health and tooth loss as cigarette smoking.
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| Page title: | Cigar and pipe smoking are as dangerous as cigarettes to periodontal health |
| Keywords: | Medicine/Health Dentistry/Periodontal Disease |
| Description: | According to a study published in the newly released Journal of Periodontology, cigar and pipe smoking may have nearly the same adverse effects on periodontal health and tooth loss as cigarette smoking. Researchers analyzed 705 individuals ranging in age from 21 to 92 years old, and found that 17.6 percent of current or former cigar or pipe smokers had moderate to severe periodontitis – nearly three times the percent as non-smokers. In addition, they averaged four missing teeth. |
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