Switching from cigarette use to dual use with heated tobacco products and severe periodontitis risk
Switching from daily combustible cigarette smoking to dual use with heated tobacco products may increase the risk of severe periodontitis. Combining combustible cigarettes with heated tobacco products, regardless of the frequency of combustible cigarette smoke, should not be considered a harm-reduction strategy in dental and public health practice.
Authors
- Yudai Tamada (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6868-4195)
- Taro Kusama (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8683-4484)
- Chihiro Shiota (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9952-9861)
- Takahiro Tabuchi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1050-3125)
- Ken Osaka
- Kenji Takeuchi
Institutions
- Tohoku University (JP)
- Nagoya University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Oral Health
- Published
- 2026-01-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/froh.2026.1765902
- Primary Topic
- Oral microbiology and periodontitis research
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Japan Science and Technology Agency