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Though at the same time I would wager a larger rate of gum disease and mouth cancer than the rest of Europe by a lot.
by daemin 2y ago
Though at the same time I would wager a larger rate of gum disease and mouth cancer than the rest of Europe by a lot.
- boxed 2y agoNot cancer. Because it's, again, not the nicotine that causes the cancer. Snus does NOT increase cancer risk. It decreases cavities by a lot (presumably because the bacteria doesn't like the environment anymore), but also destroys your gums. All in all, depending on your dosage it could be a wash or even positive for your oral health. It's absolutely disgusting, but it's not dangerous :P
- bookaway 2y agoGoing by a quick skim of the 2022 WHO oral health numbers, Sweden[0] doesn't seem significantly worse off oral-health wise than Germany, Holland, or the UK. In fact it's oral cancer incident rates appear a bit better. Though the UK doesn't have great cancer incident rates, it's periodontal disease rate seem to be significantly lesser than the other three (perhaps due to close monitoring as a result of the "bad British teeth" stereotype). Sweden male tobacco use percentages are slightly higher than the other three countries, which might be a function of the population additionally using non-cigarette tobacco substitutes perhaps as was mentioned by others. [0] https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profiles/oral-health/oral-health-swe-2022-country-profile.pdf?sfvrsn=9988347a_9&download=true https://cdn.who.int/media/docs/default-source/country-profil...