Whiten gums!!!

i said gums not teeth! i was talking to a friend who smokes…his gums are quite dark color..not the normal healthy colour!

Anyone know of anything for this so i can put gumboys mind at ease!!!?

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its the smoking, i'd say. so tell him to quit smoking :P
if his gums are that bad, imagine his lungs! gross.

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his lips must be pretty dark too..al because of nicotine..also his fingers that he holds the cig with.Do let him know that if he/she leaves cigerretes..his lungs/gums/and watever that has been affetcted by nicotine can go back to bormal within months to a few years:)

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yup but the internal damage is longterm to permanent... it would be good to quit asap.

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i think he has only been smokin for 10 years ( or so he says)!

hes fingers arent that dark, neither his lips!
just his gums!!

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Its not permanat though...long term maybe. as the studies have revealed that the lngs of a smoker can be reversed to that of a non smoker after stopping in about a few years..dependent on the history...so there is a silver lining to that.

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http://www.iarc.fr/ENG/Units/TOBoverallsummaries.pdf

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only 10 years?! thats a long time!

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yeh 10 years is quite a long time!

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"white gums"??? ewww! Gums should be a healthy pink/red color. Some people/races tend toward purple. Whitish/yellowish gums indicate kidney, blood or liver disease!! And I dont think that smoking affects the color of gums, only teeth. Tell the gumboy to ask his dentist abt it.