Chewing tobacco pictures - picture effects of chewing tobacco.

A number of studies have proven that in the long term chewing tobacco is harmful to health. These harmful effects clearly appear to be concentrated in the mouth as shown in these chewing tobacco pictures because chewing tobacco is orally administered by placing tobacco shredded leaves between the cheek and gum or teeth and chewing.

The juices produced, if swallowed have been linked to stomach pains and the development of stomach ulcers or pancreatic cancer.

Chewing tobacco as shown in the pictures below leads to dental caries, gingival recession, and oral cancer.

Dental Caries | Medical specialists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have since concluded that users of chew tobacco have a four times higher risk of developing dental caries especially at the root surfaces of their teeth than those people who don't use tobacco. This is apart from addiction to nicotine.

Out of a research involving 14000 people, individuals who chew tobacco on average had 3.84 decayed or filled teeth root surfaces. Also the more packages of chew tobacco products a person uses the more likely they are to have a decayed or filled root surface. Studies indicate that possibility the high sugar content in many chew tobacco products to be the reason behind dental caries on tooth roots and crowns apart from the practical way chew tobacco is lodged in the mouth for up to 30 minutes at a time.

Gingival Recession | Some studies have shown that there is perhaps no relationship between smokeless tobacco which includes chew and the prevalence of gingivitis also known as gum recession. However, the prevalence of gum recession was significantly elevated by the use of chew tobacco or smokeless tobacco in general.

Smokeless tobacco users is a study showed a nine times greater chance of having gingival recession compared to non-users.

Tooth Decay | The American Association for Dental Research has shown that individuals who chew tobacco have significantly more crowns and roots at their teeth decayed compared to individuals who do not use tobacco. As supported by these chewing tobacco pictures on this page, tobacco products in general have been shown by some good evidence to contribute to gum disease making roots vulnerable to decay. This presents all the more reasons to quit smoking.

Of 135 respondents in a survey that used chewing tobacco only, on average the individuals had 40.9 decayed, missing or filled surfaces in the crowns of the teeth out of a possible 128 surfaces. This is significantly higher compared to an average of 36.9 compromised surfaces in people who had never used tobacco.

Toothless Gum | Tobacco users loose more teeth than non-smokers. The CDC has shown that a staggering 41.3% of everyday smokers over 65 years are toothless. Amongst those who never used tobacco only 20% were toothless. It is also very difficult for current smokers to heal after periodontal disease treatment. The results can be radically different when one quit smoking.

Oral Cancer | Tobacco and alcohol have been shown to be the most critical oral cavity and oropharygeal cancer risk factors. Mouth cancer is known to be largely a lifestyle disease whose development is largely related to what people do such as Smoking tobacco, dipping tobacco or use of alcohol. Smoking statistics will show that just about 90% of people with mouth cancer are tobacco users.

Stopping smoking or stopping tobacco use in whatever form more so chew tobacco regardless of how long one has been using it will greatly eliminate mouth cancer risk. Rick Bender [pictured] a former American baseball player, a former chew tobacco user lost part of his tongue and jaw in surgeries to deal with oral cancer related to smokeless tobacco use.

Teeth Discoloration | Some researchers have rightly said in as much as people love chew, chew hates their mouths. Chew tobacco contains some estimated 2000 chemicals amongst them many working as agents causing serious teeth abrasion, decay, fallout and tooth discoloration all of these shown in the above chewing tobacco pictures. Bad breadth also often comes with teeth discoloration.

Discolored teeth due to tobacco use will turn tooth enamel yellowish, brown or black. Left unattended this stain becomes embarrassingly permanent. This type of enamel staining due to chew tobacco is found at the bottom of the teeth on the front teeth and on the sides as this is where tobacco is placed in the mouth.

Clearly, these chewing tobacco pictures show that the destruction and infliction to one's health and body is massive because of this dreadful addiction. Smokeless tobacco administered by chewing apparently leads to gum disease, gum recession, tooth discoloration and decay. Gum recession will become a lifetime feature as the gums do not grow back.

Quitting smoking is admittedly hard yet it can be done. Studies show that following a stop smoking program and using stop smoking aids doubles success rates in most people. If you are deciding on stopping smoking you will require adequate information as well as good tools to help you succeed. Whilst we understand that not all tools are meant for everyone we found this LifeSign QuitKey Smoking Cessation Computer handy. It works like a quit smoking program which alters your smoking routine easing you off cigarettes gradually. Please take your time to check if this is for you.

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