Engelsk titel: Consequences of tobacco and alcohol in the oral cavity
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Författare:
Kongstad, Johanne
;
Reibel, Jesper
Email: jkg@sund.ku.dk
Språk: Dan
Antal referenser: 102
Dokumenttyp:
Översikt
UI-nummer: 18020013
Sammanfattning
Tobacco and alcohol consumption are classical life style factors
causing oral diseases and conditions. Usually, high consumption
of alcohol is associated with neglect of oral hygiene, which increases
the problems. Smoking has decreased in Denmark in
later years, but the use of electronic cigarettes and snuff seems
to increase. Importantly, dentists should recognise symptoms
and signs caused by tobacco and alcohol such as discolourations
of teeth and dental restaurations, classical symptoms of
periodontal disease, peri-implantitis, stinging related to yeast
infection, roughness of the oral mucosa caused by hyperkeratosis,
and soreness and pain that might be related to cancer development.
Dentists’ efforts in counselling on the effect of high
consumption of tobacco and alcohol have been shown to have
an impact in a broader health perspective preventing disabling
and life threatening diseases in other organs and tissues. Also,
dentists have a unique opportunity for secondary prevention in a
high percentage of the population through daily routine screening
of the oral mucosa. In this article an update on oral diseases
caused by smoking and alcohol consumption is given, with the
most important oral health problems being related to periodontal
disease, implant survival, and oral cancer