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This is what smoking does to your teeth, mouth and gums

Most people know that smoking causes cancer and serious respiratory system disorders, but the destructive potential doesn’t end there. Smoking damages the entire body, and this article focuses on the mouth, where damage from smoking is prominent. Here are all the ways smoking harms your teeth:1. Yellow teeth (tooth staining)This is aesthetic damage that causes teeth to go from yellow to brown due to the harmful substances found in cigarettes such as tar and nicotine. A correlation can be seen between damage to tooth color and how long the person has been smoking.2. Bad breathMouthwash is a quick fix, but a chronic condition where the mouth stinks requires dental treatment.3. Damage to sense ... [Read more]

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