Smoking effects on dental implants:
1: Smoking slows the healing time of the surgery
2: Greater risk to bone loss and gum disease surrounding the dental implants
3: Medication which help the healing process has limited effect on smokers
4: Higher risk for losing implants
5: In smokers, implants failure are more in the upper arch as compared to lower arch
6: Dental implant complications are twice as compared to non-smokers
7: Effect of smoking get worse for the implant as your duration increases with smoking
8: Higher rate of tooth loss
Smokers: effect of smoking on the implant may be reversed if you follow smoking cessation protocols
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