Effects of smoking and smoking cessation on healing after mechanical periodontal therapy

This study investigated the effect of cigarette smoking on 143 patients' clinical and microbiological responses to mechanical therapy. Treatment included four to six sessions of subgingival scaling and root planing and instruction in oral hygiene. Results indicate that current smokers have less...

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Published in:The Journal of the American Dental Association (1939) Vol. 128; no. 5; p. 599
Main Authors: Grossi, S G, Zambon, J, Machtei, E E, Schifferle, R, Andreana, S, Genco, R J, Cummins, D, Harrap, G
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: England 01.05.1997
Subjects:
Adult
Aged
Analysis of Variance
Bacteroides - isolation & purification
Dental Plaque Index
Dental Scaling
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Periodontal Attachment Loss - physiopathology
Periodontal Index
Periodontitis - etiology
Periodontitis - microbiology
Periodontitis - physiopathology
Periodontitis - therapy
Porphyromonas gingivalis - isolation & purification
Root Planing
Smoking - adverse effects
Smoking Cessation
Statistics, Nonparametric
Surveys and Questionnaires
Wound Healing - physiology
ISSN:0002-8177
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Summary:This study investigated the effect of cigarette smoking on 143 patients' clinical and microbiological responses to mechanical therapy. Treatment included four to six sessions of subgingival scaling and root planing and instruction in oral hygiene. Results indicate that current smokers have less healing and reduction in subgingival Bacteroides forsythus and Porphyromonas gingivalis after treatment compared to former and nonsmokers, suggesting that smoking impairs periodontal healing. As the healing and microbial response of former smokers is comparable to that of nonsmokers, smoking cessation may restore the normal periodontal healing response.
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ISSN:0002-8177
DOI:10.14219/jada.archive.1997.0259