Oral Health Country/Area Profile Programme/CAPP











 Tobacco & Oral Diseases  






Statement on tobacco use and effects on oral health


Tobacco use and oral diseases


Oral cancer


Oral precancer


Oral mucosal diseases


Periodontal disease


Wound healing


Saliva


Dental caries


Dental implants


Tobacco use and general diseases


Types of tobacco use


Tobacco use - Country Profile
Link to WHO Tobacco Free Initiative figures


Global Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (pdf)
Link to the implications for Oral Health


Global Facts on Tobacco or Oral Health (pdf)




This illustration was taken from the WHO website. Click this picture to go to the WHO home page and for more information on tobacco use.
 





The two main sources for this presentation are:
  1. Johnson NW. et al. Tobacco and oral disease. Br Dent J 2000; 189: 200-206.
  2. EU Working Group on Tobacco and Oral Health. Meeting Report. Oral Dis 1998; 4: 48-67.
Some abstracts of articles are presented in the different disease sections.




















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