title: Tobacco cessation: a practical dental service.
abstract: Tobacco use is a complex addiction that must be addressed in all aspects of health care. Despite the deleterious and costly outcomes of tobacco use, Americans still are smoking and using smokeless tobacco. Dentists are trained to detect oral lesions and periodontal problems that are related to tobacco use. Dentists also are in a position to help prevent the initiation of tobacco use by children and adolescents through the use of positive anti-tobacco messages. Over the past decade, tobacco cessation strategies have been modified for practical use in the dental setting.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic Sciences, University of Mississippi School of Dentistry, Jackson 39216, USA.
authors.forename: K M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Crews
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Gordy
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Penton-Eklund
authors.forename: A E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Curran
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Clay
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D009538:Nicotine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D018722:Nicotinic Agonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D010518:Periodontitis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D010947:Plants, Toxic; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D016540:Smoking Cessation; D014026:Nicotiana / Q000009:adverse effects; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation
chemical_list: D018722:Nicotinic Agonists; D009538:Nicotine