What can dentists conclude from an association between serum cotinine, secondhand smoke and tooth loss?
Does passive smoking increase tooth-loss risk?
ArticleCan Passive Smoking Affect Your Patient’s Teeth?Open5 replies
Dr. Rockson SamuelGeneral Dentistry, Implant Dentistry & Digital Dentistry·The association supports prevention, but cross-sectional data cannot prove that exposure caused an individual's tooth loss.
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Cotinine is an objective marker of relatively recent exposure, not a perfect measure of lifetime dose or source.
Diet and lifestyle risk assessment dentalreach.today/effect-of-diet-and-lifestyle-on-oral-health-and-dental-treatment
Tooth loss also reflects caries, periodontitis, age, access to care and socioeconomic factors.
Dental plaque and periodontal pathogenesis dentalreach.today/dental-plaque-and-oral-pathogenesis-mechanisms-of-acid-conversion-and-gum-tissue-degradation
Dr. Michael ChenPediatric Dentistry·Dentists should ask nonsmokers about home and workplace smoke exposure and offer supportive avoidance counselling.
Dental ReachDentalReach Editorial·Periodontal progression still requires diagnosis and management of established local and systemic risks.
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