Vapeboss – A study entitled "Gingival Response in Vapers Experiencing Gingivitis" conducted by academics from the Faculty of Dentistry, Padjajaran University (FKG UNPAD) aimed to determine the quality of gums in smokers and vapers when experiencing inflammation.

Amaliya, one of the researchers, explained that the study was also conducted to find out the extent to which alternative tobacco products, which are claimed to have lower health risks than cigarettes, affect the gum's defense system against dental plaque bacteria in vapers compared to smokers.

“The results of this study prove that vapers who have quit smoking show an improvement in gum quality, evidenced by the level of gum inflammation and bleeding being the same as experienced by non-smokers. This means that the gum's defense condition of vapers has returned to normal,” said Amaliya.

She added, "For a long time, nicotine has been touted as the cause of gum defense disorders. However, researchers did not find any gum defense disorders characterized by the narrowing of gum blood vessels in vapers using nicotine-containing liquids."

Based on preliminary study results, nicotine is not the primary cause of blood vessel constriction in the gums. In fact, the gum defense of vapers almost resembles the gum condition of non-smokers.

“This is likely due to other components in cigarettes, not nicotine, so further research is needed,” Amaliya emphasized.

The study, conducted by Amaliya, Agus Susanto, and Jimmy Gunawan, involved 15 respondents aged 18-55 years, divided into three groups without equal gender distribution.

The first group consisted of smokers who had been consuming for at least one year. The second group consisted of vapers who had switched from cigarettes and had been vaping for at least one year. The third group consisted of non-smokers to serve as a reference for the study results.

"This study aims to observe the gum response assessed by the degree of inflammation and gum bleeding, which are early signs of the gum's defense against dental plaque bacteria during a gingivitis (gum inflammation) experiment in vapers compared to smokers and non-smokers," said one of the researchers.

"Gum inflammation is a defense mechanism in response to bacterial plaque adhering to the tooth surface," Amaliya continued.

Source: Elshinta