Dentists warn marijuana use boosts cavity and oral cancer risks

 

Dentists are warning that regular marijuana use may significantly harm oral health — increasing the risk of cavities, tooth loss and possibly mouth cancers. University at Buffalo dental professor Ellyce Clonan says she can often tell when anxious patients arrive “stoned,” and worries many users do not realise the potential dental risks.

 

Research is beginning to quantify that danger. Studies have linked marijuana use to a 55% greater risk of cavities, a 41% higher risk of tooth loss, and a threefold increase in lip and tongue cancers among people with cannabis use disorder, according to recent California hospital-record data. Study author Raphael Cuomo of the University of California, San Diego, said findings suggest cannabis exposure itself may influence cancer risk, potentially through tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) suppressing immune responses in mouth tissues.

 

Smoke exposure may also play a role. Marijuana smoke has been found to contain volatile compounds similar to tobacco — including ammonia at twenty times higher levels than tobacco smoke — as well as hydrogen cyanide and aromatic amines, which are known or suspected toxins. While researchers stress that more evidence is needed to conclusively link marijuana smoke to oral cancers, they note that inhaling any burning material can damage the mouth and lungs.

 

Clonan’s own January research found marijuana users face higher rates of cavities and tooth loss — potentially compounded by dry mouth, which reduces protective saliva. She says more study is still needed into the impact of non-smoked cannabis products such as edibles.

 

As legalization expands and social stigma declines, dental experts say awareness of oral-health risks remains low — even among frequent users who assume marijuana is benign compared with tobacco.

 

Key Takeaways

• Studies link marijuana use to higher cavity, tooth loss and oral cancer risk

• Marijuana smoke contains toxic compounds at times exceeding tobacco

• Dentists say many users underestimate marijuana’s impact on oral health

 

SOURCE: CNN

 

 

Link to the above study:

 

https://jada.ada.org/article/S0002-8177(24)00589-0/abstract

 

 

 

Results

 

Compared with non–FRC users, people reporting FRC use had 17% higher probabilities of having untreated coronal caries (95% CI, 1.02 to 1.35), 55% higher odds of having untreated root surface caries (95% CI, 1.21 to 1.99), and 41% higher odds of having severe tooth loss (95% CI, 1.00 to 1.99) after controlling for age, sex, race or ethnicity, nativity, education, family income to poverty ratio, and alcohol consumption.

 

Conclusions

 

This study suggests that FRC use is associated with increased coronal caries, root surface caries, and severe tooth loss in the US adult population. Further longitudinal studies are warranted to assess the impact of varying frequencies, quantities, and forms of cannabis use.

 

 

Pass the gummies ?

Drug abusers not maintaining a healthy lifestyle ... who would have thought 

1 hour ago, Social Media said:

• Studies link marijuana use to higher cavity, tooth loss and oral cancer risk

• Marijuana smoke contains toxic compounds at times exceeding tobacco

• Dentists say many users underestimate marijuana’s impact on oral health

 

 

The only thing I got as takeaway from this article is: don't inhale smoke, don't overeat candies and brush your teeth once in a while.

Absolutely nothing of this is directly related to cannabis use -- when taken as an edible.

Okay, I'll bite. How many reefers a day do you have to smoke to get these amazing results?

Correct. However 99% of that causation is due to the munchies, and the inherent number of sweets that one consumes after getting stoned.

22 hours ago, KhunLA said:

Drug abusers not maintaining a healthy lifestyle ... who would have thought 

You mean people who drink booze, right ?

Just now, freedomnow said:

You mean people who drink booze, right ?

That is a drug, probably the most harmful and deadly to those exposed to it's abuse. Along with being the 'entry' drug for most people.

OK.

Then...

You can keep the ganja.

I value my dental health much more than I enjoy my hallucinations.

1 hour ago, GammaGlobulin said:

OK.

Then...

You can keep the ganja.

I value my dental health much more than I enjoy my hallucinations.

Hallucinations? you only experience those when injecting cannabis directly into the spine

these reports and research results always seem to appear here whenever a proposed change in the regs has been in the news.

3 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

Hallucinations? you only experience those when injecting cannabis directly into the spine

Did that hurt..........😬

Folks, this is nonsense I just went to the dentist, and my teeth look fine,

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMBVyZl0PH_z-rCqc0TRUIj8uaJ5u8JoUEqg&s

An anti-dope propaganda hit piece. Why don't they compare this with the oral health damage from smoking cigarettes. There is a problem though in that people do mix tobacco with dope. Philistines.

I havent smoked weed in 12 days and my teeth arent any better.

Just now, Yagoda said:

I havent smoked weed in 12 days and my teeth arent any better.

But, do you take them out to clean them......?....🥸

2 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

OK.

Then...

You can keep the ganja.

I value my dental health much more than I enjoy my hallucinations.

Your posts make me hallucinate.

I have to hold on to a chair arm or something to get grounded again....along with slow breathing.

It's like M.K. Ultra in text form.

7 minutes ago, transam said:

But, do you take them out to clean them......?....🥸

Damn. The emojis aren't working properly after the update. Still ........?........😆

3 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

Hallucinations? you only experience those when injecting cannabis directly into the spine

So you say.

I would never do such a thing, however.

From peanut butter you can have cancer.

The egg yoke can give you cancer

Vegetables in Thailand are still sprayed with poisons, which are forbidden (carcinogenic) in western countries,

Sugar is not good.

Sweeteners (artificial sugar replacement) gives you high blood pressure.

High blood pressure medicine makes you impotent

Salt is not good.

Statines (cholesterol medicine) can vary in negative working in your body, up to no more walking.

Any medicine can have quite an impact on functions of your body or new diseases.

Everybody already has nano, micro plastic in blood, could cause blocking or what ever, becoming infertile. Especially the PFAS group is bad , as it almost dont break down. The plastics can be anywhere, even in your beer !

Almost new year, so burning Thailand starts, PM 2.5 particles breaking you down.

The so called vaccinations of covid have impact on health and seems also on your DNA.

Traffic in Thailand claims every day 43 dead.

Too many people on earth. You are on ski vacation and almost kicked to death by 6 guys.

Just red this morning.

And maybe even a drone is falling, exploding on your head. There are a lots of them so now and then in the air and those are not the toy ones.

Plz give me some weed, I feel happy. O, wrong tried once and made me real sick. Real bad trip.