Exam 20: Tobacco Cessation

Both bidis and kreteks deliver more nicotine,carbon monoxide,and tar than standard cigarettes.Users feel that water in the hookas "filters" out the toxins;hooka smoke has been shown to contain many of the same toxins found in cigarette smoke.

Smokers have greater probing depths,gingival recession,loss of attachment,and bone loss than non-smokers.Cigarette smoking is a potential contributing factor in necrotizing ulcerative gingivitis.

Patients who smoke are more likely to present with what periodontal condition?

Because smoking alters the body's ability to mount a host response,how does periodontal inflammation present itself in a smoker?

Which are products that assist patients with nicotine withdrawal?

What are referred to as a "poor man's" cigarette and are small hand rolled cigarettes imported from India or Southeast Asia?

What does smokeless tobacco diffuse through?

Second-hand smoke exposes the non-smoker to more chemicals than the smoker.How much worse are these chemicals?

One can of snuff equals approximately what?

What are dental providers likely to see in the oral cavity of a smoker?