Going to the dentist again...

Every 6 months I go to the dentist, not for a regular check up but to get my teeth cleaned and fill all the cavities and sometimes a broken tooth and it is time again for me to go...and then I found an article that makes perfectly sense to me.

First-ever study shows e-cigarettes cause damage to gum tissue | EurekAlert! Science News

 

Well ... Maybe this doesn't make sense to me...

"We showed that when the vapors from an e-cigarette are burned, it causes cells to release inflammatory proteins, which in turn aggravate stress within cells, resulting in damage that could lead to various oral diseases," explained Rahman, who last year published a study about the damaging effects of e-cigarette vapors and flavorings on lung cells and an earlier study on the pollution effects. "How much and how often someone is smoking e-cigarettes will determine the extent of damage to the gums and oral cavity."

Vapors are burned, what are the talking about? It looks like I am still tired of two weeks of traveling and working! I can better not post anything until after this weekend!

 

This researcher published that vaping damages lung tissue in a previous report. Pretty sure I have seen several reports stating that it is no any more damaging than normal air to lung tissue. I have a feeling this is a hater at least interpreting results in such a way to be worse than they are.

I could be wrong of course. Won't know until another study is done by someone else. Possibly more unbiased?

 

The author certainly isn't a vaper. Maybe there is something in it. My gums are sometimes puffy when I run my tongue over them. But if we take too much notice of "experts" when balancing risk vs reward, we'd never dare to get out of bed, and live on organic lettuce. Time to make a bacon and sausage sandwich for supper.

 

funny study: some good report (in france) from dentist about vaping instead of smoking.
nearly the opposite: no mouth inflammation .
can not help: be carrefull about vap burning never use kerosene in you DIY juice

 

If I can just put in my 2 cents worth in about this. About 3 months after I started vaping, I developed seriously sore gums myself. My teeth started to ache and cold drinks sent searing pain through my whole head! On a few (isolated) occasions the pain was that bad I thought about getting back on the ickies. Got the teeth problem fixed however so really glad I didn't have to.

For what it's worth, I did some basic research, used a little bit of commonsense and had it verified by my dentist (same one I've had for maybe 35 years) and it turns out that a possible reason for the teeth problem is that basically the vape dehydrates. And it dehydrates anywhere it goes. Of course this includes inside your gob. Not smoking cigarettes allows the blood to flow back to your gums. This is why my gum tissue was coming away from my teeth. This caused my teeth to ache all the time due to being exposed to hot and cold liquids and food. Brushing was a freakin' nightmare. Then I had the added benefit of moisture being "removed" from the tooth surface which didn't help a lot. Hey I might be talking out of my you-know-what but it sort of makes sense to me.

Eventually got my choppers and gums sorted by a couple of treatments from the dentist, drinking water a lot more (especially after a vape) and using Colgate Sensitive Pro Relief toothpaste (which I now use exclusively). Not sure if this will work for others or if it's a load of bullcrap but hey, it's fixed it for me and no problems whatsoever in the last 9 months. Anyone out there suffering a similar problem might wanna give it a go. If it works it works. If it doesn't, it doesn't. Just thought I'd share.

Oh, also do what SD says ... floss and brush regular. Obvious advice really but so many of us just forget. I always do the floss and brush thing now that the choppers are fixed. Don't wanna head down that road again I can tell ya. Cheers.