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Crosstalk between oral and general health status in e-smokers
Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) simulates the act of tobacco smoking by vaporizing a mixture of propylene glycol, nicotine, and flavoring agents. e-cigarette has been proposed as a product able to aid to stop smoking. The aim of the study is to verify the clinical variations of periodontal health...
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Wolters Kluwer Health
2016
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5266049/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27930577 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000005589 |
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author | Tatullo, Marco Gentile, Stefano Paduano, Francesco Santacroce, Luigi Marrelli, Massimo |
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description | Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) simulates the act of tobacco smoking by vaporizing a mixture of propylene glycol, nicotine, and flavoring agents. e-cigarette has been proposed as a product able to aid to stop smoking. The aim of the study is to verify the clinical variations of periodontal health induced by e-cigarettes use and, moreover, to investigate about the awareness of the e-smokers about their health variations and about their hypothetical need to turn back to smoke combustible cigarettes. This clinical observational pilot study involved 110 out of 350 smokers, who switched to e-cigarette. Patients were subjected to oral examinations. A questionnaire to self-assess the variations of some parameters of general health, and to self-assess the need to smoke combustible cigarettes, was distributed to such subjects involved in the study. At the end of the study, we registered a progressive improvement in the periodontal indexes, as well as in the general health perception. Finally, many patients reported an interesting reduction in the need to smoke. In the light of this pilot study, the e-cigarette can be considered as a valuable alternative to tobacco cigarettes, but with a positive impact on periodontal and general health status. |
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spelling | pubmed-52660492017-02-06 Crosstalk between oral and general health status in e-smokers Tatullo, Marco Gentile, Stefano Paduano, Francesco Santacroce, Luigi Marrelli, Massimo Medicine (Baltimore) 5900 Electronic cigarette (e-cigarette) simulates the act of tobacco smoking by vaporizing a mixture of propylene glycol, nicotine, and flavoring agents. e-cigarette has been proposed as a product able to aid to stop smoking. The aim of the study is to verify the clinical variations of periodontal health induced by e-cigarettes use and, moreover, to investigate about the awareness of the e-smokers about their health variations and about their hypothetical need to turn back to smoke combustible cigarettes. This clinical observational pilot study involved 110 out of 350 smokers, who switched to e-cigarette. Patients were subjected to oral examinations. A questionnaire to self-assess the variations of some parameters of general health, and to self-assess the need to smoke combustible cigarettes, was distributed to such subjects involved in the study. At the end of the study, we registered a progressive improvement in the periodontal indexes, as well as in the general health perception. Finally, many patients reported an interesting reduction in the need to smoke. In the light of this pilot study, the e-cigarette can be considered as a valuable alternative to tobacco cigarettes, but with a positive impact on periodontal and general health status. Wolters Kluwer Health 2016-12-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5266049/ /pubmed/27930577 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000005589 Text en Copyright © 2016 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives License 4.0, which allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to the author. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0 |
spellingShingle | 5900 Tatullo, Marco Gentile, Stefano Paduano, Francesco Santacroce, Luigi Marrelli, Massimo Crosstalk between oral and general health status in e-smokers |
title | Crosstalk between oral and general health status in e-smokers |
title_full | Crosstalk between oral and general health status in e-smokers |
title_fullStr | Crosstalk between oral and general health status in e-smokers |
title_full_unstemmed | Crosstalk between oral and general health status in e-smokers |
title_short | Crosstalk between oral and general health status in e-smokers |
title_sort | crosstalk between oral and general health status in e-smokers |
topic | 5900 |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5266049/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27930577 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000005589 |
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