- Yellow Smoker's Teeth - Cosmetic Effects of Cigarettes on Your Pearly White Teeth.
Smoker's teeth is the term given to the characteristic effects of
cigarettes on your teeth.
The smoking facts show that the stains from cigarette tar will foil your attempts to
achieve pearly white teeth and that your oral health is severely affected by smoking cigarettes.
The yellow stains deposited on your teeth by the constant bath of cigarette tar are called extrinsic
stains because they are on the surface of the tooth.
Another one of the unattractive cigarette smoking effects is a black hairy tongue.
To your eyes a tooth may look smooth, but it is not. The surface of a tooth has many microscopic
grooves and ridges. This is where the cigarette tar will stain your teeth first.
At this stage stains can be removed with regular oral hygiene and periodic teeth whitening procedures.
Cumulative exposure to the cigarette tar over a longer term, however, will cause the stains to become more permanent. In addition if you smoke after tooth whitening procedures
the stain will become embedded in the vulnerable tooth surface and you will have wasted your money.
As if yellow teeth weren't bad enough, there are other cigarette smoking effects on your pearly whites that are even more disfiguring.
You would probably never see yellow smokers teeth like those on the model in the picture.
That is because the effects of cigarettes on your teeth go beyond just stains.
One of the real harmful smoking effects on the body is the decreased circulation and oxygenation of body tissues.
Your teeth need life giving blood and oxygen just like any other part your body.
Smoking decreases the circulation to the structures that support and nourish your teeth. Smoking is
also associated with an increased risk for infection of the gums and
gum disease.
All of these factors result in tooth loss and studies have consistently shown that smokers loose more teeth than non smokers do.
In other words there are more toothless grins out there among the smoking population than among the non-smoking population!
Think about it - Yellow teeth and a black hairy tongue.
Now there is a technicolor mouth!
Doesn't it just make you want to rush right out and kiss a
heavy smoker?
The purpose of the information provided here is to help you cooperate with your doctor and other
health practitioners. It is not intended to take the place of medical advice and you are encouraged to
discuss health concerns with your physician or a professional health care provider who is
familiar with you and your unique personal health context.
