title: Tobacco cessation in the dental office.
abstract: Evidence-based tobacco-cessation guidelines when used by clinicians are effective in reducing tobacco use and obtaining successful quits by patients. Dentists have been encouraged to provide instruction and intervention on tobacco cessation in the dental office. The dental provider is in the unique position to relate oral findings to the patient and to provide advice to tobacco-using patients to quit. In addition, dentists are able to assess patients' self-addiction and level of readiness to quit tobacco use. With this information, dentists can assist in helping patients to stop using tobacco by providing appropriate pharmacotherapeutic aid and thus improve their oral and overall health.
authors.affiliation: Division of Community Health, Section of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, New York, NY 10032, USA. daa1@columbia.edu
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Albert
authors.forename: Angela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ward
mesh_terms: D003812:Dentist-Patient Relations; D037001:Directive Counseling / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009059:Mouth Diseases / Q000209:etiology*; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects*; D020340:Tobacco Use Cessation / Q000379:methods*; D061485:Tobacco Use Cessation Devices; D014029:Tobacco Use Disorder / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D014030:Tobacco, Smokeless / Q000009:adverse effects*