[The influence of tobacco smoking on the state of dentition and the effect of the chronic periodontitis conservative treatment in periodontology clinic patients at the Chair and Department of Periodontology of the Medical University in Lublin].

Tobacco smoking is a serious health and social problem. The aim of the study was investigation of the influence of tobacco smoking on the state of dentition and effects of conservative treatment of the chronic, moderately advanced periodontitis by comparison of API, SBI, PPD and CAL indices before and after the treatment in smoking and non-smoking patients. Smokers group consisted of 30 people aged 30-48 including 15 men and 15 women who had smoked for more than 10 years, with the intensity of smoking of more than 10 cigarettes a day. The control group constituted 30 non-smoking people aged 30-50; 15 men and 15 women. The SBI index of bleeding from periodontal pockets in smokers is essentially statistically lower than in non-smokers, with similar hygiene indices. Shallowing of periodontal pockets depth (PPD) after the treatment is smaller than in smokers. Reconstruction of alveolodental ligament measured with CAL index in smokers seems to be smaller than in non-smokers.