It’s a given fact that smoking plays event organizer to a host of diseases, many of which are lung related. But here’s another bane that might finally discourage you from smoking – it’s bad for your teeth.

It may sound ridiculous, but hey, some people really value the way they look, and bad teeth isn’t a good thing. Simple wounds in the mouth take harder to heal when you smoke, making it double difficult for any smoker to wear braces. In some cases, the wounds do not heal at all. Smoking also causes discoloration of the teeth, which degrade over time. Even generally successful procedures like dental implantation fail die to smoking. Plus, excessive smoking also leads to bad breath.

The list could go on, and none of it is good news so for the sake of your teeth and your health, stop smoking.