"Pierce Brosnan and Demi Moore have appeared on covers of cigar magazines...What the covers don't show is models with missing teeth." Yet recent research shows that cigars, pipes, and cigarettes all damage periodontal health and cause tooth loss.

Recent research shows that cigars and pipe smoking have nearly the same adverse effects on periodontal health and tooth loss as cigarette smoking.

Not only do cigarettes and other tobacco products cause tooth and gum disease, they also cause dental treatment to fail, according to recent research.

The Academy of General Dentistry provides information on how tobacco products cause loss of teeth.

Effects on oral mucosa, gingival and bone damage, damage to teeth local physiology, microbiology, esthetics.

Abstract from scientific article estimates the amount of periodontitis in the United States adult population caused by cigarettes and other tobacco products.

Information and resources on tobacco and dental health from ADA ONLINE, the American Dental Association's Web site.

32 page factsheet from a book on tobacco covers what tobacco products do to teeth and gums.

Factsheet; short and to the point.

Articles on smoking and periodontal disease, cigars and oral health, smokeless tobacco and oral health, and sports and chewing tobacco.

Abstract and review of the literature; table shows odds ratio.

Covers effects on mouth, teeth, gums, tongue, breath, taste, and smell.

A lesser known effect of tobacco products: tooth and gum disease. With modern dental care, 80% of nonsmokers still have their own teeth at age 65; for smokers, the odds aren't nearly so good. These and other facts from the American Academy of Periodontology.

Every drag takes you a step closer to gumming your way through dinner: cigarettes cause gum disease and subsequent tooth loss.