Impact of smoking on marginal bone loss

What is it about?

This is a 10-year study, which shows the great impact smoking has on marginal bone loss. We used multiple regression analysis to find the true effect of smoking, adjusting for gender, age, number of teeth with apical infection and number of crowns. Smokers suffered a greater marginal bone loss than non-smokers.

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Why is it important?

Using the multiple regression model, we showed that smoking can be considered a true risk factor for marginal bone loss. Only smokers had a substantial average marginal bone loss.