Do nicotine patches affect the success of dental implant surgery same as smoking?

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What is the success rate of dental implant surgery on patients who use nicotine patches, 1 months prior to surgery and after the surgery? Could not find any research on-line about patients who are using patches and success rates with their dental implants.

Doug Jopling, DDS · Answer

You need oxygen rich, nutrient rich blood to aid in healing of surgery. Nicotine will cut off the amount of these essential elements to healing no matter if it is in inhaled or absorbed. Nicotine is not helpful and is harmful in any form taken into the body.Nicotine is a stimulant, speeding up the heart by about 20 beats per minute with every cigarette, it raises blood pressure, is a vasoconstrictor - which means it makes arteries all over the body become smaller making it harder for the heart to pump through the constricted arteries.

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