… , current practices and attitudes are uncertain. This study’s purpose was to explore the
practices and attitudes of pediatric dentists regarding weight-and caries-related counseling. …

… dentists can be effective in reducing tobacco use, tobacco counseling is underutilized in dental
practices … as 5 percent in Minne sota 22 and 6 percent in Maryland7 and Iowa.16 Geboy's…

… Even so, tobacco cessation activities do not play a prominent role in dental practice. Dental
… to skip the questions on dentist counseling behaviors. Table1 presents information for …

… Eighty-five (~15 %) respondents provided prenatal dental counseling to members in their …
An Iowa study showed that only 11% of general dentists believed children should have a …

… This study identified attitudes and counseling practices of 1116 Iowa dentists and compared
… and practices. Although only 9% of the dentists from the statewide survey felt counseling …

… to dental patients by Iowa dental hygienists. Surveys were mailed to 1056 dental hygienists
who had active Iowa dental … cessation counseling in the practices of physicians and dentists. …

… to all licensed Iowa general dentists and dental specialists in private practice as of August
2016 (… 557 Iowa private practice dentists responded to the survey for a 47% response rate after …

… dentists in cigarette smoking cessation counseling. Three areas are examined: the current
smoking practices of dentists, dentists… counseling, and the actual counseling activities dentists …

… to counsel parents in dietary and oral hygiene practices that will prevent dental caries and to
refer patients for professional dental … Dentistry (AAPD) recommends that the first dental visit …

… , whether dentists are interested in expanding and feel prepared to expand their practices
to include obesity counseling is not known. A recent survey of pediatric dentists in North …