title: Tobacco cessation in India: a contemporary issue in public health dentistry.
abstract: In India, tobacco use is incredibly linked to poverty and accounts for the high public health costs of treating tobacco-related diseases. Dental public health programs aid in detecting the tobacco-related periodontal diseases, oral cancers, etc., where the majority belongs to the submerged portion of iceberg, which otherwise leads to substantial morbidity and mortality. Moreover, public health dentists plays a key role in identifying both clinical and subclinical cases and aid in tobacco use cessation through various modes of health education and counseling. Therefore, the community-based measures are deemed to be the most cost-effective tool for tobacco cessation.
authors: Department of Public Health Dentistry, S D M College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, India.
authors: Ramya
authors: R
authors: Kalyanpur
authors: K
authors: K
authors: Pushpanjali
authors: K V V
authors: KV
authors: Prasad
authors: Kumar Gaurav
authors: KG
authors: Chhabra
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003376:Counseling; D006267:Health Education, Dental; D006293:Health Promotion; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D009062:Mouth Neoplasms / Q000517:prevention & control; D010510:Periodontal Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D011636:Public Health Dentistry; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation / Q000191:economics / Q000379:methods*