El tabaquismo y sus consecuencias para la pulpa y la salud periodontal

Resumen

Introduction: according to the World Health Organization, smoking is one of the greatest public health problems worldwide. It is a well known fact that smoking interferes in different ways with the health of oral tissue, is directly related to oral health problems. Objective: conduct a bibliographic review on the topic Smoking its impact on pulp periodontal health. Methods: a careful review was conducted of scientific papers published in the last five years (2012-2016) about topics related to the following descriptor combinations: dental pulp and pulpectomy and periodontics and tobacco; dental pulp and pulpectomy and tobacco; pulpectomy and tobacco; periodontics and tobacco. The databases used were PubMed, Google Scholar, Science Direct, SciELO Lilacs. 36 studies were found based on the above descriptors. Data analyse integration: the studies showed that the use of tobacco its by-products directly impact the health homeostasis of the pulp periodontal tissues, is related to tooth loss an increase in the need for endodontic treatment. Conclusions: tobacco use significantly impacts pulp periodontal health, causing physiological metabolic alterations, affecting the pulp connective tissue the periodontal tissue.