Awareness on smoking cessation counseling among dentists in Kerala, India
Introduction: Although dentists are ideally placed to deliver smoking cessation advice and assistance to their patients, smoking cessation interventions are not often incorporated as a routine part of dental care. Aim: To assess the awareness on smoking cessation counseling among dental practitioner...
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doaj-4088e5122abd49e5b5da59a9b44e9ac92020-11-24T20:53:01ZengWolters Kluwer Medknow PublicationsJournal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry2319-59322350-04842015-01-0113325425810.4103/2319-5932.165245Awareness on smoking cessation counseling among dentists in Kerala, IndiaBenley GeorgeVinod Mathew MulamoottilSunu Alice CherianJacob JohnT Aby MathewShibu Thomas SebastianIntroduction: Although dentists are ideally placed to deliver smoking cessation advice and assistance to their patients, smoking cessation interventions are not often incorporated as a routine part of dental care. Aim: To assess the awareness on smoking cessation counseling among dental practitioners in Kerala. Materials and Methods: A pretested questionnaire was used for the study. Four hundred and sixteen registered dentists practicing all over Kerala participated in the survey. Results: Dentists are willing to ask and advise patients about smoking, but are less inclined to assist patients to quit or arrange follow-up. Dentists are more likely to implement one-off, opportunistic interventions rather than take a systematic preventive approach. Dentists are interested in attending further education and say they require training to be relevant to the context of their day-to-day running of the dental practice. Conclusions: Training should aim to legitimize the dentist′s role in smoking cessation and provide strategies and resources so that dentists can practice interventions as part of their day-to-day work.http://www.jiaphd.org/article.asp?issn=2319-5932;year=2015;volume=13;issue=3;spage=254;epage=258;aulast=GeorgeCounselingdentistsmokingtobacco products |
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Benley George Vinod Mathew Mulamoottil Sunu Alice Cherian Jacob John T Aby Mathew Shibu Thomas Sebastian |
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Benley George Vinod Mathew Mulamoottil Sunu Alice Cherian Jacob John T Aby Mathew Shibu Thomas Sebastian Awareness on smoking cessation counseling among dentists in Kerala, India Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry Counseling dentist smoking tobacco products |
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Benley George Vinod Mathew Mulamoottil Sunu Alice Cherian Jacob John T Aby Mathew Shibu Thomas Sebastian |
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Benley George |
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Awareness on smoking cessation counseling among dentists in Kerala, India |
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Awareness on smoking cessation counseling among dentists in Kerala, India |
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Awareness on smoking cessation counseling among dentists in Kerala, India |
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Awareness on smoking cessation counseling among dentists in Kerala, India |
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Awareness on smoking cessation counseling among dentists in Kerala, India |
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awareness on smoking cessation counseling among dentists in kerala, india |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications |
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Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry |
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2319-5932 2350-0484 |
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Introduction: Although dentists are ideally placed to deliver smoking cessation advice and assistance to their patients, smoking cessation interventions are not often incorporated as a routine part of dental care. Aim: To assess the awareness on smoking cessation counseling among dental practitioners in Kerala. Materials and Methods: A pretested questionnaire was used for the study. Four hundred and sixteen registered dentists practicing all over Kerala participated in the survey. Results: Dentists are willing to ask and advise patients about smoking, but are less inclined to assist patients to quit or arrange follow-up. Dentists are more likely to implement one-off, opportunistic interventions rather than take a systematic preventive approach. Dentists are interested in attending further education and say they require training to be relevant to the context of their day-to-day running of the dental practice. Conclusions: Training should aim to legitimize the dentist′s role in smoking cessation and provide strategies and resources so that dentists can practice interventions as part of their day-to-day work. |
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Counseling dentist smoking tobacco products |
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