Tobacco and oral health: To smoke or not to smoke! It is not questionable.

The success and long term longevity of an implant does not only depend on the technical excellence of the surgeon but also on the patient and oral hygienist as a team to maintain the implants in pristine health.

1. To ensure the awareness of tobacco-related oral diseases.
2. To put emphasis on the importance of regularly screening, which will reduce the overall morbidity and mortality from oral cancer and other mouth disorders, and will dramatically improve the quality of life of those people who are at greatest risk of these diseases.
3. To highlight the role of the dentist to educate the patients and to provide them with advice particularly to stop smoking (Smoking cessation)