General Health Information

Many factors and behaviors can put a person at more risk of gum disease than other people. Smoking and gum disease
go together. Current smokers are four times more likely than people who
have never smoked to have periodontitis, but ex-smokers who had
abstained for 11 years faced no increased risk, according to the
findings published in the Journal of Periodontology . Overall, nearly
53 percent of gum disease in the study was attributed to current and
former smoking. Smoking and gum disease are linked. Smokers need
superior oral hygiene to prevent smoking related gum disease.