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Tobacco use cessation provided by dental hygienists.
Journal article

Tobacco use cessation provided by dental hygienists.

  • Ramseier CA Department of Periodontology, School of Dental Medicine, University of Berne, Berne, Switzerland. christoph.ramseier@zmk.unibe.ch
  • Fundak A
  • 2009-02-14
Published in:
  • International journal of dental hygiene. - 2009
Communication
Counseling
Dental Hygienists
Fear
Health Behavior
Health Education, Dental
Humans
Medical Records
Motivation
Nicotinic Agonists
Periodontal Diseases
Professional-Patient Relations
Recurrence
Referral and Consultation
Smoking
Smoking Cessation
Treatment Outcome
Weight Gain
English Second to regular mechanical plaque control, tobacco use cessation has become the most important measure for the treatment of periodontal diseases. In contrast to general medical professionals, dental hygienists are seeing their patients regularly and are therefore available for supporting their patients to quit tobacco use. Tobacco use disease consists of both a physical addiction and a psychological dependence. Therefore, the combination of behaviour change support with pharmacotherapy is recommended for tobacco use cessation counselling. The use of brief motivational interviewing for tobacco use short interventions in the dental practice appears to be suitable. In addition to behavioural support, the use for nicotine replacement therapy is the treatment of choice for the dental practice. Following a critical review of the literature on this topic, a step by step approach for tobacco use cessation is presented for the dental hygienists to be implemented in their daily practice routine.
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  • English
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