LEVEL OF ORAL HYGIENE IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT SMOKING EXPERIENCE

According to WHO estimates, there are 1.3 billion people in the world who smoke. Purpose of the study was to determine the level of oral hygiene in patients with different smoking experience. The study involved 104 patients aged 18 to 44 years, male and female, with at least one year of smoking experience. All patients were divided into 3 groups depending on their smoking history. Based on the results of the survey, it was revealed that 69% of respondents had experience smoking steam cocktails, of these, 49% have a smoking history of less than 5 years, and 51% have been smoking for more than 5 years. The level of oral hygiene among tobacco smokers is unsatisfactory.