>>JENNIFER READY: E-CIGARETTES ARE MASSIVELY POPULAR BUT EVEN THOUGH THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
ACROSS THE UNITED STATES VAPE
HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY IT’S VERY
UNHEALTHY YEAH I CAN CAUSE
DAMAGE TO YOUR HEART YOUR LUNGS
AND EVEN
YOUR MOUTH.
>>ZAC LASHWAY: NEWS 4 JAX
REPORTER VIC MICOLUCCI HAS MORE
FROM A LOCAL DENTIST.
>> VAPING
AND E-CIGARETTES ARE BAD, BUT
THEY’RE MORE POPULAR THAN EVER
WITH ONE IN 20 AMERICANS
USING THEM WHILE THEIR
POPULARITY HAS INCREASED THEY
CAN POSE A SERIOUS RISK TO YOUR
ORAL HEAH. DOCTOR CAREY BIRDIE WITH BERTIE DENTAL GROUP JOINING US THIS MORNING TO
HIGHLIGHT THE RISKS THAT GO
ALONG WITH VAPING
AND E-CIGARETTE USE GOOD
MORNING TO YOU.
GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR
HAVING ME ON LIKE YOU GO A LOT
OF PLACES AND YOU SEE SOME
PEOPLE SWITCHING FROM THE
TRADITIONAL TOBACCO PRODUCTS IT
WOULD BE CIGARETTES AND CIGARS
TO USING THESE VAPING DEVICES.
SOME OF US
THINK THAT THEY’RE SAFER BUT
DOCTORS ARE SAYING NO. NO NOT
THE CASE.
>> SO THEY’VE
BEEN DEVICES IN E-CIGARETTES
HAVE BEEN TOUTED TO THE PUBLIC
IS A SAFER ALTERNATIVE TO
TRADITIONAL TOBACCO USE SUCH AS
SMOKING CIGARETTES OR USING
TUNE IN TO BACK UP ALL THAT MAY
BE TRUE JUST BECAUSE IT’S SAFER STILL DOESN’T MEAN IT’S SAFE WE
FOUND THAT WE REALLY DON’T HAVE A WHOLE LOT OF RESEARCH ON THE LONG-TERM EFFECTS OF
E-CIGARETTES AND THINKING AT
THIS POINT SO BE VERY CAUTIOUS
TO USE ANY OF THESE TYPES OF BY
SAYS EVEN IF IT IS A
SLIGHTLY SAFER ALTERNATIVE THEY
CAN STILL HAVE SOME MAJOR
CONSEQUENCES UNDER OVERALL
HEALTH AND IN PARTICULAR MY
CONCERN IS YOUR ORAL HEALTH
EFFECTS
ON THAT.
>> JALLOW SO LET’S TALK ABOUT
YOU KNOW YOUR AREA OF EXPERTISE
WHICH WOULD BE
THE MOUTH. WHAT ARE THE
SPECIFIC EFFECTS THERE.
>> SO WE DO HAVE SOME STUDIES
AND ONE SHOWED IN
2018 THAT WE LOOKED AT TEETH
THAT HAVE BEEN EXPOSED TO
E-CIGARETTE VAPING AND WE FOUND
THAT YOU’VE ACTUALLY GOT MORE
BACTERIA THAT ACCUMULATES ON
THE 2 PRIMARILY IN THE GROOVES
AND PITS OF IT
AND THAT AS ANY DENNIS KNOWS
CAN LEAD TO HIGHER INCIDENCE OF
DECAY RATES GUM DISEASE BONE
LOSS AND PARTICULARLY TOOTH
LOSS. SO IF YOU WANT TO KEEP
YOUR TEETH AND HAVE A NORMAL
AND HEALTHY ENVIRONMENT, YOU
REALLY GOT
A FORWARD. THEY CIGARETTES AND
PRIMARILY ANY FORM OF SMOKING.
>> SO OBVIOUSLY YOU’RE GOING TO
PAY MONEY.
2 BUY THOSE VAPING DEVICES THE
E-CIGARETTES BUT THEN
YOU’RE PROBABLY GOING TO BE
PAYING MORE MONEY AT THE
DENTIST OFFICE AS WELL.
>> SO YOU KNOW WE SEE
AND SMOKERS YOU HAVE A
DECREASED ABILITY TO HEAL YOU
HAVE HIGHER INCIDENCES OF GUM
DISEASE AND LOSS AND EVENTUALLY
TO
FALSE AND YOU KNOW THESE THINGS
REQUIRE TREATMENT SOME OF THEM
ARE MORE EXPENSIVE THAN OTHERS
REALLY THE BEST THING NOISES
PREVENTION AND HOPEFULLY
KICKING
THE HABIT ALL TOGETHER NOW IF
THESE DEVICES CAN HELP YOU KICK
THIS HABIT THAT’S GREAT, BUT
YOU
STILL HAVE THIS HABIT THAT
AGAIN ISN’T TOTALLY SAFE AND WE
DON’T HAVE
LONG TERM STUDIES TO SHOW
WHETHER OR NOT THEY TRULY ARE
SAFE AND AGAIN JUST BECAUSE
IT’S SAFER DOESN’T MEAN IT’S
TOTALLY SAFE. SHE REALLY GOT TO
BE CONSIDERED OF WHAT YOU’RE
PUTTING IN YOUR MOUTH AND YOUR
BODY OVERALL.
>> SO I WANT TO ASK YOU
THIS DOC CAN YOU REVERSE SOME
OF THE EFFECTS IF YOU HAVE BEEN
VAPING YOU WANT TO GET OFF AND
YOU WANT TO GO TO A DENTIST TO
MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
>> SO PRETTY GOOD DENTAL GROUP
WE TREATED MANY PATIENTS SAID
EITHER SMOKE OR USED VAPING
DEVICES, THE CIGARETTES
ETCETERA AND WE REALLY WANT TO
MAKE
SURE THAT WE’RE CATCHING
HOPEFULLY THESE EFFECTS OF THE
SAYINGS EARLY ON BECAUSE IT’S
MUCH EASIER TO TREAT. IF WE IF
WE NIPPED IN THE BUD SO TO
SPEAK. WE
CAN AVOID SOME COSTLY
TREATMENTS OR EVEN SOME LIFE
THREATENING TREATMENTS. SO IT’S
REALLY IMPORTANT TO HAVE
REGULAR CHECKUPS WITH YOUR
DENTIST, PRIMARILY IF YOU ARE
A SMOKER. PAPER SO WE CAN
ALWAYS CHECK FOR SIGNS OF ORAL
CANCER. YOU’RE AT A MUCH HIGHER
RISK FOR THESE TYPES OF THINGS
WHICH CAN BE DEADLY.
SO WE REALLY WANT TO AVOID THAT
YOU CATCH IT EARLY IF YOU DO
HAVE AN ISSUE LIKE THAT.
>> YES, SO OBVIOUSLY YOU TALKED
ABOUT THE
HEALTH RISKS. THERE ARE ALSO
SOME RISKS WITH YOUR COSMETICS
WITH THOSE PEARLY WHITES, IT
JUST MIGHT NOT LOOK THAT GOOD.
>> ABSOLUTELY NO SMOKERS YOU KNOW CAUSES YELLOWING OF THE TEETH. BAD BREATH AGAIN
TOOTH LOSS AND THESE ARE ALL
MAJOR COSMETIC ISSUES, BUT ALSO
A HEALTH KICK. AFTER MISSING
TEETH AND YOU CAN SMILE THAT
HAS NATIONAL MENTAL EFFECTS ON
YOUR MENTAL HEALTH AS WELL.
I WANT YOU SMILING AND HAVEN’T
YOU KNOW BEAUTIFUL.
NOW FOR BUDDY LOOK AT AND
SOMETHING THAT YOU CAN ENJOY
AND MAKE EVERYBODY ELSE HAPPY
WITH THE BEACH AND REACH AN AND
LIVE
YOUR LIFE.
>> ABSOLUTELY YEAH WE WANT ALL
OF OUR VIEWERS EVERYBODY AT
HOME TO BE HEALTHY TO LIVE
THEIR BEST LIVES AND
THAT’S WHY WE BRING SEGMENTS
LIKE THIS DOCTOR CAREY BIRDIE