• Sahrish Tariq
• Pooja Thakur
• Nidhi Gupta
• Preety Gupta
• Aditi Sharma

Background: In India, tobacco consumption has been considered a major contributor to preventable death estimated to exceed 1.5 million annually or 13% of all deaths by the year 2020 (WHO). Tobacco uses in the form of smoking is one of the injurious addictive habits which can adversely affect periodontal health eventually resulting in tooth loss. Aim: To evaluate the association of tobacco with the early loss of teeth. Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional epidemiological survey was conducted among 35-44 years old 120 smokers and non-smokers in Raipur Rani, Panchkula, Haryana, India. The smoking status of the study participants was based on procedures specified in WHO Basic Oral Health Survey 2013 proforma and the clinical status regarding tooth loss associated with periodontal disease was assessed. The Chi-square test, independent t-test, and Pearson’s correlation was used to analyze the data. A P-Value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. Results: The association of smoking with missing teeth was found to be statistically significant (0.005). While comparing the mean values of missing teeth among smokers and non-smokers was statistically significant (0.01) and the correlation of the number of missing teeth with frequency and duration was also found to be significant (<0.001). Conclusion: Smokers were having the highest percentage of tooth loss due to periodontal disease than non-smokers. It necessities oral health education and tobacco cessation among the population.

Smoking, tooth loss, oral health education

"ASSOCIATION OF TOBACCO SMOKING WITH EARLY LOSS OF TEETH IN 35-44-YEAR-OLD ADULT POPULATION OF RAIPUR RANI, HARYANA INDIA.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 10, page no.d197-d203, October-2022, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2210339.pdf

"ASSOCIATION OF TOBACCO SMOKING WITH EARLY LOSS OF TEETH IN 35-44-YEAR-OLD ADULT POPULATION OF RAIPUR RANI, HARYANA INDIA.", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.9, Issue 10, page no. ppd197-d203, October-2022, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2210339.pdf