The doctor noted that smoking affects the narrowing of blood vessels, regularly warms the oral cavity and slows down the healing of tissues around the implant, which prolongs the grafting process. Heavy smokers run the risk of losing the implant completely due to impaired tissue regeneration.
“If you are a heavy smoker, that is, more than ten cigarettes a day, you have all the prerequisites for the implant not to take root. But there is good news: Smoking will not affect the implant that has already been placed and implanted. But in our experience, very few people start smoking again after a month of rehabilitation,” explained the dentist.
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Source: Ferra
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