Why the Marlboro Man Is a Fan of Efferdent
- Every drag takes you a step closer to gumming your way through dinner: cigarettes cause gum disease and subsequent tooth loss.
- http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,46222,00.html
How Many Teeth Are In That Cigarette Pack - The Academy of General Dentistry provides information on how tobacco products cause loss of teeth. - http://www.agd.org/consumer/topics/tobacco/cigarettes.asp
Cigarettes Cause Dental Treatment Failure - Not only do cigarettes and other tobacco products cause tooth and gum disease, they also cause dental treatment to fail, according to recent research. - http://www.perio.org/consumer/smokers.htm
Smoking-Attributable Periodontitis in the United States - Abstract from scientific article estimates the amount of periodontitis in the United States adult population caused by cigarettes and other tobacco products. - http://www.perio.org/consumer/smokestudy.htm
Cigar and Pipes Cause Tooth and Gum Disease - Recent research shows that cigars and pipe smoking have nearly the same adverse effects on periodontal health and tooth loss as cigarette smoking. - http://www.perio.org/consumer/cigars.htm
Cigar and Pipe Smoking are as Dangerous as Cigarettes to Periodontal Health - "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 - http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2001-01/AAoP-Caps-0401101.php
Tobacco and Dental Problems - 32 page factsheet from a book on tobacco covers what tobacco products do to teeth and gums. - http://www.globalink.org/tobacco/trg/Chapter11/Chap11_Other_Health_ProblemsPage3.html
Tobacco Use and Periodontal Disease - A lesser known effect of tobacco products: tooth and gum disease. With modern dental care, 80% of nonsmokers still have their own teeth at age 65; for smokers, the odds aren't nearly so good. These and other facts from the American Academy of Periodonto - http://www.perio.org/consumer/smoking.htm
Oral Effects of Tobacco - Effects on oral mucosa, gingival and bone damage, damage to teeth local physiology, microbiology, esthetics. - http://www.maxillofacialcenter.com/TobaccoEffects.html