[Influence of smoking tobacco on the condition of dentition and occurence of periodontal diseases in patients of the Clinic of Maxillo-Facial Surgery at the Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice].
Popularity of smoking cigarettes in the Polish society is a widely known and discussed subject. Negative effects of smoking cigarettes as well as passive expose to the tobacco smoke are often described. Still, only a few publications focus on the frequency of a smoking habit among patients of clinics and facial and maxillary surgery wards as well as its influence on condition of their oral cavities. It is obvious that these people should particularly avoid smoking cigarettes due to the deterioration of the oral cavity hygiene, substantial differences in healing wounds and induction of neo-plastic changes. The goal of the survey was examining the frequency of the smoking habit among patients of the Departmental Outpatient Clinic of Maxillo-Facial Surgery at the Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice, the assessment of influence of the smoking habit on the oral cavity condition and hygiene. The survey covered 50 patients have been selected at random and they are all treated in the Departmental Outpatient Clinic of Maxillo-Facial Surgery at the Silesian Medical Academy in Katowice. The patients' age was from 21 to 64. In the group being surveyed, 17 patients (34% of the whole) admitted to the smoking habit. 7 patients, the so-called "heavy smokers", admitted to smoking more than 5 cigarettes a day (this group equalled 14% of the whole). Ten patients (20% of the whole) were moderate smokers who smoked fewer than 5 cigarettes a day. In spite of efforts of managing physicians, advertisements supporting a healthy lifestyle, and discouraging information on packets of cigarettes, fighting the habit is very difficult and it does not always lead to giving up smoking.
Wituła
Artur
A
Katedra i Klinika Chirurgii Szczekowo-Twarzowej Slaskiej Akademii Medycznej w Katowicach. maxart@op.pl
Drugacz
Jan
J
Malara
Piotr
P
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D000328:Adult; D002391:Catchment Area, Health; D003731:Dental Caries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011044:Poland / Q000453:epidemiology; D015995:Prevalence; D012907:Smoking / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*