What effects does smoking have on your teeth?

Question

trying to find out what smoking can do to teeth in the long run.

Answer 1

It can turn them brown due to the tar.

I smoked for 20 years, and even with cleanings every six months my teeth slowly turned off-white.

It took a few years of cleaning and a bleaching to get the "white" back.

Answer 2

It's not just teeth that we are worried about, but rather, your oral health as a whole...

What effects can smoking have on my oral health?

Oral Cancer

Periodontal (gum) disease—a leading cause of tooth loss and sensitivity, and has been linked to heart disease.

Delayed healing after a tooth extraction or other oral surgery

Few options for some kinds of dental care (smokers can be poor candidates for particular treatments such as implants)

Bad breath

Stained teeth and tongue

Diminished sense of taste and smell

Answer 3

first it makes them yellow, but the long time effect it will rot them and get to the point where it looks like you smoke meth.

Answer 4

smoking dries out your mouth, this makes you more prone to getting cavities, it also puts you at a much higher risk of getting gum disease, this results in losing bone around your teeth, your gum tissue will then receed so that the roots of your teeth are exposed, this puts you at an even higher risk for cavities and for losing your teeth, smoking also stains your teeth, causes bad breath, causes oral cancer.  If you get oral cancer the most common spots are the side of the tongue, and roof of the mouth.  If this happens you will have your tongue removed, or at least half of it so you can't talk, or the roof of your mouth removed so you need to wear a denture that is held in with magnets so that the food you eat doesn't go straight into your nose since you have no roof to stop that.  In all its bad, there is no reason to do it and you are spending money to ruin your mouth

Answer 5

rot them, turn yellow/brown, gum disease, gingivitis, bad breath, and most importantly lung cancer.