Life Threatening Effects of Oral Habits

An oral habit is a practice which may be constant or may be occasional, that has been acquired by frequent repetition. Life threatening oral habits can be either tobacco involving habits or non-tobacco involving habits. Most of the life-threatening diseases occurring due to oral habits have aetiology of tobacco usage with few instances of non-tobacco induced. Tobacco whether consumed as smoked form or smokeless form, affects the human body in one way or the other. These habits developed by the body can be peer pressure induced, stress induced, can be due to social stigma or can even be a habit that once started as an adventure has now converted into a compulsion. Favourably there are various therapies available for managing tobacco abuse that can ultimately curb the deadly situation arising after tobacco use, hence decreasing the rate of occurrence of various preventable diseases as well as increasing the life expectancy of the masses. This review article focuses on the various tobacco and non-tobacco induced oral habits that can be life threatening for the human body, consequences of these habits, their treatment and management.