Evidence suggests that dentists' efforts to encourage their patients to stop tobacco use can
significantly decrease tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. This study identified attitudes …

Due to increased national interest in tobacco intervention roles for oral health professionals,
a survey of Maryland dentists' attitudes toward tobacco issues was conducted. A …

Evidence suggests that dentists, with their existing commitment to prevention and their
opportunity for regular interaction with patients, have the potential to significantly decrease …

Dentists in general practice were surveyed by mail questionnaire to determine the actions
they were taking to promote cigarette smoking cessation among their patients. Findings are …

Cigarette smoking contributes to the largest number of preventable deaths with a recent
report estimating that nearly 5 million annual deaths worldwide and 400,000 in the United …

Tobacco counseling practices of dentists and other health care professionals in a
predominantly rural region in the Upper Midwest were assessed to determine the need for …

The general practitioners of the Vermont State Dental Society (251) were surveyed in 1986
to determine their smoking cessation activities. Seventy-eight percent of the dentists …

To examine dentists' and physicians' effectiveness in advising patients who use tobacco to
quit, the authors estimated the percentages of smokers in the United States who visited a …

Cigarette smoking continues to be one of the most significant avoidable health risk
behaviors in the United States. This paper reviews the current data on dentists' involvement …

We have surveyed the health promotion efforts of dentists and dental hygienists in general
dental practice in Chittenden County, Vermont, in relation to smoking. The response rate …