Lecture Outlines from Tobacco Topics in Dentistry
Lecture Outlines from Tobacco Topics in Dentistry
– Lectures given to dental students. Prevalence and the systemic and local effects of smoking and spit tobacco use; smoking as a cause of periodontal diseases; effects of tobacco use on dental treatment results; nicotine addiction; stages of change; clinical interventions; use of nicotine and non-nicotine pharmacologic therapy; tobacco industry influence; role of oral health care providers in policy and media advocacy.
Lecture Outlines from Tobacco Topics in Dentistry
– Lectures given to dental students. Prevalence and the systemic and local effects of smoking and spit tobacco use; smoking as a cause of periodontal diseases; effects of tobacco use on dental treatment results; nicotine addiction; stages of change; clinical interventions; use of nicotine and non-nicotine pharmacologic therapy; tobacco industry influence; role of oral health care providers in policy and media advocacy.