Association of Dental Caries, Streptococcus Mutans Counts and Secretory IgA with Tobacco Smoking

This article reviewed smoking oral diseases Cigarette smoke affects the oral cavity first, so it is evident that smoking has many negative influences on oral cavity, for example, dental caries The article also discusses the relationship between smoking, Streptococcus mutans counts, secretory IgA (S-IgA) and dental caries in detail. Dental caries were significantly related to the presence of Streptococcus mutans as well as tobacco smoking. Furthermore, higher levels of microbial antigenic loads present in the oral cavity of the individuals under investigation probably increase the production of S-IgA. On the other hand the levels of S-IgA in saliva were significantly decreased tobacco smokers either with dental caries or without dental caries in comparison with non-smokers ones.