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Following recent government calls and the King’s Speech last week, vaping has been in the spotlight. Dr Mani Bhardwaj, Clinical Director, and Principal Dentist of The Smile Studios Dental Group, explains the side effects of vaping on your oral health, and the potential long-term effects:
The effects of vaping on gums are like that of smoking, exposing the gums to heat will cause the gums to dry out, which creates the perfect environment for bacteria to thrive. This then increases the chances of developing gum disease and tooth loss. I treat all vaping patients like smokers and measure their habits by documenting what milligrams of nicotine they are using in their vape, as well as how many millilitres of liquid they go through a week. As vaping is so new, we don’t have the statistics and data to know the long-term effects of vaping on oral health, but what we do know is that our teeth and gums thrive on a delicately balanced system and introducing nicotine and several other chemical additives to this environment, can lead to excess bacteria in the mouth, which can result in tooth decay, gum disease and gum recession.
The effects of vaping on gums are like that of smoking, exposing the gums to heat will cause the gums to dry out, which creates the perfect environment for bacteria to thrive. This then increases the chances of developing gum disease and tooth loss.
I treat all vaping patients like smokers and measure their habits by documenting what milligrams of nicotine they are using in their vape, as well as how many millilitres of liquid they go through a week.
As vaping is so new, we don’t have the statistics and data to know the long-term effects of vaping on oral health, but what we do know is that our teeth and gums thrive on a delicately balanced system and introducing nicotine and several other chemical additives to this environment, can lead to excess bacteria in the mouth, which can result in tooth decay, gum disease and gum recession.
Recent reports from ASH find that 20.5% of children have tried vaping, up from 15.8% in 2022 and 13.9% in 2020 before the first COVID lockdown.
Dr Mani comments on what impact this rise in younger children vaping could have on their oral health:
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