Avoid The Hookah and Save Your :7eeth
STUDY PROVIDES CONVINCING EVIDENCE THAT TOBACCO
SMOKING IS A RISK FACTOR FOR PERIODONTAL DISEASE.
THESE FINDINGS INCLUDED WATER PIPE SMOKING.
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NOW - November, 2006 - Smoking a hookah—also known
as a water pipe—is becoming an increasingly trendy menu
item in Mediterranean restaurants, cafes and bars. People
should be warned to "skip this course" according to a study
that appeared in the November issue of the Journal of
Periodontology. Researchers found that the impact of water pipe smoking is largely
the same magnitude as that of cigarette smoking. The prevalence of periodontal
diseases was 30 percent in water pipe smokers, 24 percent in cigarette smokers
and eight percent in non-smokers.
"Research from this study shows that the relative risk for periodontal disease
increased by 5-fold in water pipe and 3.8-fold in cigarette smokers compared to
non-smokers," said Steve L. Wolf D.D.S. and AAP Member. "Even though the smoke
is filtered out by water, inhalation of toxic substances is similar to or even greater
than that of cigarette smoking."
"Many people are mislead in believing that water filters out the toxins and that
nicotine is reduced in water pipe smoking," Dr. Wolf. Continued. "Not only does
water pipe smoking include the same substances as cigarette smoke such as
carbon monoxide and tar, tobacco used for water pipe smoking contains two to
four percent nicotine verses one to three percent for cigarettes."
Researchers found increased levels of nicotine and cotinine in plasma, saliva
and urine, supporting that water pipe smoking affects the periodontal tissues
in the same way as cigarette smoking. "This study provides convincing evidence
supporting the role of tobacco smoking as a risk factor for periodontal disease,"
said Dr. Wolf.
"Although the precise mechanisms of the action of tobacco smoke are not well
understood, it seems highly likely that the periodontal bone. is one of the most
susceptible tissues," commented Wolf. "This hypothesis will be further tested by
investigating the periodontal bone height levels of various tobacco smokers in the
presently studied population."
Disner-Shafir
/
udith Harriet Shafir and Harve Alan
Disner were recently married at the
Marriott at Centerpoint. Rabbi Joseph
Krakoff of Congregation Shaarey
Zedek officiated.
The bride is the daughter of Peggy and
Isaiah Shafir of West Bloomfield. The groom
is the son of Devora Disner also of West
Bloomfield and the late Jerome Disner.
Bridesmaids were Michelle Shafir and
Tamara Shafir, sisters of the bride. Eliot
Disner, brother of the groom, was the best
man; friend of the groom Norman Rosen
was the groomsman.
Following a honeymoon in Bar Harbor, Maine, and Boston, Mass., the couple
will reside in Farmington Hills.
Shafir 50th
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saiah and Peggy (Rosenberg) Shafir
of West Bloomfield recently celebrated
their 50th wedding anniversary in
Netanya, Israel, while attending the bar
mitzvah of their great-great-nephew. A sur-
prise brunch at the Whitney in Detroit was
given with love by their daughters, Michelle,
Judith and Tamara. More than 60 friends
and family from near and far were honored
to help them celebrate.
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December 7 . 2006
Weinberg 90th
orothy Weinberg of West
Bloomfield celebrated her 90th
birthday on Nov. 24 at a lun-
cheon given by her children, DeDe and
Jerry Weinberg, at Bay Pointe Golf Club,
West Bloomfield. In attendance were her
grandchildren, Susan and Todd Richheimer
of Milwaukee, Wis., and Melissa and Chris
Spence of Rockville, Md., along with their
children, Sophie, Gabe, Benji and Noah, and
many other loving relatives and friends.