Smoking as a risk factor for periodontitis: A literature review

摘要: Smoking is an important risk factor for periodontitis. The high prevalence of smokers in any population makes smoking a feasible target intervention public health. magnitude the associated between and periodontitis varies among studies, this variation result case definition adopted rather than limitations studies. A MEDLINE search was used to identify previous publications, literature review developed based on selected articles. consistently identified as periodontitis, but estimates varied comparison studies affected by lack uniformity definitions status.