Alveolar Bone Loss in Smokers and Non smokers-A Study Measurement of CEJ-IS distance

A book on "Comparison of Alveolar Bone Loss in Smokers and Non smokers With Good Oral Hygiene." Smoking is a world wide health problem.It is a major risk factor in cardiovascular, peripheral,vascular, cerebral vascular diseases and cancer at many sites of body including lung,larynx and oral cavity. Smoking affects the gingiva and periodontal tissue of oral cavity. Alveolar bone loss can be measured by intraoral radiographs that cannot be acquired by any other non-invasive method.