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> SMOKING CESSATION GUIDE FOR THE DENTAL TEAM |
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Worldwide
smoking is the single most important public
health problem.
The detrimental effects of smoking and tobacco
use on oral health are well recognized. Oral
cancers and pre-cancers, periodontal diseases
and poor wound healing are the most significant
and serious effects of smoking on the mouth.
In addition, staining of the teeth, soft tissue
changes and halitosis are aesthetic and social
impacts of smoking directly related to oral
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Smoking is the largest single preventable cause
of death and disability in the UK. Each year smoking
kills 120,000 people, amounting to one in five of
all deaths, and it costs the NHS £1700m annually
on treating smoking related diseases.
More than 2000 cases of oral cancer are reported
each year and smoking is a major aetiological factor.
Besides oral cancer smoking and chewing tobacco
are related to a number of other oral health problems,
including periodontal disease.
Millions of otherwise apparently healthy smokers
visit a dentist every year for a check-up or dental
treatment. Members of the dental team can therefore
play a major role in helping people give up smoking
by referring smokers wanting to quit to their local
service.
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Treatobacco.net
Run by the Society for Research on Nicotine
and Tobacco (SRNT) and the World Health
Organization (WHO). Treatobacco.net
is an essential source of evidence-based
data and practical support for the treatment
of tobacco dependence. It is aimed at
physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists,
psychologists, researchers, policy makers,
regulators and anyone interested in
the personal and public health issues
connected with tobacco use around the
world. Referenced slide kits and other
resources can also be downloaded from
the site. |
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Helping Smokers Stop. A Guide for the
Dental Team
This HDA / BDA guide outlines practical
ways dental practitioners and their
teams can effectively support people
to quit smoking. Published:11/06/2004
The Health Development Agency (HDA)
is the national authority on what works
to improve people's health and to reduce
health inequalities. The HDA is in business
to improve the public's health and does
this by working with organisations and
agencies to translate evidence into
practice. The British Dental Association
is the professional association and
trade union for dentists in the UK. |
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Tobacco
and oral disease
N. W. Johnson, C. A. Bain and co-authors
of the EU-Working Group on Tobacco and
Oral Health Brit Dent J 2000; 189: 200-206
There is overwhelming evidence that
tobacco usage produces harmful effects
in the mouth. In this document the harmful
effects of tobacco usage are briefly
reviewed. The document is a revised
version of a previously published report
from the 'EU Working Group on Tobacco
and Oral Health'. |
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Smokeless tobacco cessation guidelines
for health professionals in England
R. West, A. McNeill, M. Raw. Brit Dent
J 2004; 196: 611-618
This paper provides a comprehensive
review of evidence on the effectiveness
of interventions by health professionals
to encourage and assist smokeless tobacco
users to stop. A series of recommendations
are made concerning the recording of
smokeless tobacco use in high-risk groups
and interventions to promote cessation. |
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Prevention: Smoking cessation advice
within the general dental practice
R. G. Watt and B. Daly. Brit Dent J
2003; 194: 665-668
This paper reviews and updates the evidence
base for preventive action in general
dental practice. One important, but
underdeveloped area of prevention is
smoking cessation. This paper aims to
review the practical steps that the
dental team can implement in smoking
cessation activities within the clinical
dental setting. |
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