Dental Implants and Smoking: 70% of smokers want to quit. Smoking is bad for your overall health, increases your odds of a cardiovascular event, has been linked to various cancers and impacts your ability to breathe. Learn how dental implants and smoking combined can affect the success of your dental implant treatment.
A Quick Timetable
Phase I.
On average it takes 3 weeks to break this habit that has a hold on 1 in every 5 Americans. Once you decide to quit your body immediately begins to repair itself. If you cave in to the nicotine craving and have another cigarette your blood pressure goes up. If you decide to quit, after 20 minutes your blood pressure and pulse return to normal.
Phase II.
Two days into the process, damaged nerve endings begin to renew and your sense of smell and taste return to normal.
Phase III.
Make it to day 10; your teeth and gums will resemble a non-smoker, your cravings lower and your breathing easier; you’re on track to beat this addictive practice.
Phase IV.
Finally, week 3, your brain receptors are close to normal, your risk for heart attack has dropped. You’ve successfully completed smoking cessation and ready to take on the world.