Year : 2018

Volume : Volume 9

Issue : Issue 1

Address for correspondence :
Dr. Neel P. Shah.
eelshah2014@gmail.com

Abstract

Background:  Smoking Tobacco is one of the most preventable health risks in the world. There are two types of tobacco smoke, mainstream smoke which is directly inhaled by the mouth of a smoker and side stream smoke or second-hand smoke or passive smoking which comes from burning tip of cigarette mixed with surrounded air. Second-hand smoke is sometimes referred to environmental tobacco smoke. It is a combination of the smoke exhaled by a smoker and the smoke that comes from the end of a burning cigarette. When someone breathes in this smoke, it is often referred to as passive smoking. Even if you don't smoke, breathing in someone else's smoke can be deadly too. Children breathing secondhand smoke in their own homes are at risk of a lot of deformities / diseases. Secondhand smoke can be especially harmful to children's health because their organs are still developing. The fact that there are harmful effects of second hand smoke on the oral health and development of the children has been well established. Passive smoking in babies doubles the risk of tooth decay.

Keywords: Passive Smoking, Children, Oral Health.