title: The role of the dental team in preventing and diagnosing cancer: 5. Alcohol and the role of the dentist in alcohol cessation.
abstract: Alcohol use contributes to many health disorders and social problems which may affect both the individual and the community, and is a major risk factor for oral cancer and potentially malignant lesions - leukoplakia and erythroplakia. Counselling by doctors and dentists can increase users' motivation to stop alcohol use but is not often applied in a systematic or frequent manner to people presenting with potentially malignant oral lesions. This paper makes recommendations for interventions by health professionals to encourage and aid cessation of alcohol use as a part of prevention of oral cancer.
authors.affiliation: Department of Public Health Sciences, G. Sanarelli, University La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Stefano
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petti
authors.forename: Crispian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Scully
mesh_terms: D000428:Alcohol Drinking / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000517:prevention & control; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D000818:Animals; D003797:Dental Staff; D000431:Ethanol / Q000378:metabolism; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D000431:Ethanol