Smoking is a common thing that we find everywhere in the world. This habit is so widespread in the environment is well educated and less educated. Smoking has become a complex problem concerning the psychological aspects and social phenomena.
Many studies carried out and instead realize that smoking interfere with the body’s health, but to halt this activity very difficult.
Smoking can cause especially cardiovascular disease and cancer, lung cancer, esophagus, larynx, and oral cavity.
Cancer in the oral cavity usually begins with the irritation of cigarette products to be smoked. These irritants cause white lesions that are not sick.
Also smoking can also cause abnormalities in the oral cavity such as the tongue, gums, mouth mucosa, teeth and palate in the form of Nicotine stomatitis and fungal infections.
Cigarette smoke contains components and substances harmful to the body. The count of components on tobacco depending on the type of tobacco, combustion temperatures, long cigarette, paper porosity, tobacco flavor and presence or absence of filters, While substances dangerous form of gases and particles. We smoke suction 90% contain a variety of gases such as N2, O2, CO2, 10% contain certain particles such as tar, nicotine and others. Particles in cigarette smoke can cause cancer (carcinogenic) is too.
INFLUENCE OF SMOKING ON TONGUE
In heavy smokers, smoking causes stimulation in the papilafiliformis (bulge / hanging at the top of the tongue) to become longer (hypertrophied). Here the results of the cigarette burning brownish-black that easily deposited, so that the smoker is difficult to feel a sense of bitter, salty, and sweet, because damage to the tip of the tentacle sensory (taste buds).
INFLUENCE OF SMOKING ON GUMS
Number of tartar in smokers is more prone than non-smokers. Coral teeth are not cleaned can cause a variety of complaints such as gingivitis or bleeding gums. Besides, the burning cigarette can cause circulation of blood circulation to the gums so easy to contract the disease.
MUCOSAL THICKENING AKOBAT SMOKING
Smoking is a risk factor for leukoplakia is a white patches or plaques on the mucosa of the mouth that can not be deleted. This can be found at the age of 30-70 years the majority of sufferers are smokers, especially men. According to Silverman, the study of all cases of leukoplakia 95% were smokers.
Constant irritation from the burning tobacco causes mucosal thickening in the mouth tissue. Before clinical symptoms appear, irritation from tobacco smoke attacks the epithelial cells of the mucosa so that its activity increased. These symptoms only appear when cellular activity increases and becomes thick epithelium, especially looking at the mucosal buckle (facing the cheek mucosa) and on the floor of the mouth. Mouth mucosal changes will see as white patches. White patches may be caused by a thick epithelium saturated with saliva (saliva). Experts say that leukoplakia is a pre-malignant lesion in the mouth. Leukoplakia becomes malignant change of 3-6%.
STAIN FOR TOBACCO
Teeth may change color due to tobacco. At first this stain be caused by nicotine, but in fact is the result of burning tobacco in the form of tar. Nicotine itself is colorless and easily soluble. Shafer and his colleagues say that the brown color usually occurs in smokers, while black color occurs in smokers who use the pipe. The stains are easy to clean because there is only on the plains outside the teeth. But in people who smoked all his life, the stain can be entered into the enamel layer of the superficial and difficult to remove.
Smoking habits greatly affect oral health, especially changes in the mucosa (mucous membranes). Most, cancers of the mouth mucosa begins with changes. These changes do not cause pain (pre-malignant lesions) that is not observed until the situation becomes advanced. Therefore, if there are white patches, as early as possible to come to the dentist.
Get used to check the teeth every 6 months, despite having no complaints. And most important is a strong will to eliminate smoking, if necessary, consult with your doctor.