Smoking is one of the most destructive habits for your oral health – Dentist
Resident Dentist of Pepsodent Ghana’s Dental TV present ‘Time With The Dentist” Dr Gwendolyn Amarquaye-Bayitse, has thrown mild on smoking, different damaging habits, and their dangerous results on oral well being.
Apart the dire results smoking has on common well being, Dr. Amarquaye-Bayitse says, “Smoking is likely one of the most damaging habits to your oral well being. Smoking is likely one of the primary causes of dangerous breath and enamel discoloration because of the tar and nicotine presence.”
She added that “smoking may additionally trigger gum illness which progresses quicker in people who smoke than non-smokers. Gum illness might result in tooth loss. Nicotine in cigarettes reduces the circulate of blood to tissues of the mouth. Good blood circulate is required for therapeutic following surgical procedures, like when you have got your tooth taken out. In impact, smoking might result in gradual therapeutic within the mouth.”
In response to her, smoking may additionally result in lack of density within the jawbone, irritation to the salivary glands, which is able to result in lower in salivation, and growing the danger of growing oral most cancers. She advised people who smoke that although it might not be a straightforward behavior to give up, it’s achievable with the required assist, and they need to not wait till it’s too late.
In the identical episode, Dr. Amarquaye-Bayitse went on to debate different poor habits which may be damaging to oral well being.
“One other poor behavior is using our enamel as instruments. Opening bottles, ripping packages, chopping cloth or holding objects with our enamel places you liable to cracking or chipping your enamel, or injuring your gums.’
She advised fishermen, seamstresses, and carpenters, who use their enamel as instruments at work, to do effectively to cease the behavior. Dr. Amarquaye-Bayitse additionally cautioned mechanics who use their mouths as pipes to siphon gas from automotive tanks utilizing rubber tubes to desist from the act, because it exposes the mouth, together with the enamel, to very poisonous substances which may erode the tooth floor.
In conclusion, Dr. Gwendolyn Amarquaye-Bayitse suggested in opposition to brushing the enamel too laborious with hard-bristled toothbrushes. She inspired Ghanaians to make use of smooth toothbrushes just like the Pepsodent toothbrush and fluoridated toothpaste like Pepsodent to take care of good oral well being.
Time with The Dentist is a dental TV present by Pepsodent in partnership with the Ghana Dental Affiliation. The present seeks to coach Ghanaians on fundamental oral hygiene routines, easy methods to look after the enamel, and a few myths and details related to sustaining good oral hygiene amongst others.
