Current practices, attitudes, and perceived barriers for treating smokers by Hong Kong dentists

Li, Kenneth W K; Chao, David Vai Kiong

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“…A study in Hong Kong showed that dentists practicing in government sectors and those who have undergone training in tobacco cessation were more likely to enquire about their patients' smoking status. Thus, appropriately trained dentists were 14 times more familiar with contacting local smoking cessation agencies and 8 times more likely to provide advice for smoking cessation to their patients (15). This study reflected the need for both didactic and clinical training in counselling skills in the undergraduate curriculum.…”

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“…Attitude of dentists in providing tobacco use cessation advice also depends on many background factors such as past experiences with counselling, and interest and rewards in practice and training (13,14). In a study among Hong Kong dentists, 89% strongly agreed that dentists play an important role in delivering tobacco cessation advice (15). Likewise, 80.6% of dentists in Saudi Arabia agreed about the importance of providing tobacco cessation counselling and only 9% of them disagreed (16).…”

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“…This study reflected the need for both didactic and clinical training in counselling skills in the undergraduate curriculum. Moreover, dentists should also undergo ongoing tobacco cessation training that will help them to acquire better knowledge and updated techniques (15).…”

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Tobacco cessation: attitude and practice of dentists in Northern United Arab Emirates

Bangera¹,

Takana²,

Muttappallymyalil³

2018

East Mediterr Health J

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Background: Prevalence of smoking in Sri Lanka shows a gradual reduction whilst the use of smokeless tobacco and areca nut shows an increasing trend. At present adequate numbers of smokeless tobacco / areca nut cessation counseling programs are not being carried out in Sri Lanka. As the Dental surgeons could play a signi cant role in smokeless tobacco / areca nut cessation activities, capacity building programmes for dental surgeons on smokeless tobacco/ areca nut control were carried out. The study was planned to evaluate the knowledge, attitude and practices related to smokeless tobacco/ areca nut control among dental surgeons. Methods: A cross sectional study was conducted. Two questionnaires were used to assess the improvement of knowledge and change of attitudes following programmes on smokeless tobacco / areca nut control. Results: There were 663 participants in the study. 27.1% of them had received formal tobacco cessation training in the past. Majority had a good knowledge on harmful effects of smokeless tobacco but not on areca nut. Their knowledge on the current legislation on smokeless tobacco control in Sri Lanka and carcinogenicity of areca nut was not satisfactory. Almost all agreed that proper counseling leads to patient quitting the habit, a formal training is necessary to conduct tobacco control activities and it should be the part of the regular treatment modalities. More than 80% of the Dental surgeons believed

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Tobacco cessation: attitude and practice of dentists in Northern United Arab Emirates

Bangera¹,

Takana²,

Muttappallymyalil³

2018

East Mediterr Health J

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“…Socio-professional characteristics of dentists were found to influence prescribing practices 9 , and their age, in particular, was found to affect their attitude towards tobacco cessation 10 . Another important aspect of tobacco cessation in the dental setting is the smoking status of dentists.…”

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Tobacco cessation support among dentists: A cross-sectional survey in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

Alajmi¹,

Abu‐Hammad²,

Al-Sharrad³

et al. 2017

Tob. Prev. Cessation

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INTRODUCTION This study aims to explore the smoking prevalence among a sample of dentists working in two Gulf countries, and to assess the association between smoking habit and socioprofessional factors affecting their attitude towards tobacco cessation activities, including barriers that prevent them from practicing such activities. METHODS This was a cross-sectional, online questionnaire-based, survey among dentists from Saudi Arabia and Kuwait, during summer 2016. The questionnaire consisted of questions on socio-professional characteristics, tobacco use and attitudes towards the adoption of tobacco cessation programs in dental practices. The questionnaire also enquired about the barriers to adoption of tobacco cessation. Descriptive statistics were used to describe demographic and smoking characteristics while cross tabulation with chi-square test was used to find out statistical significance of association between the groups (P 0.05). RESULTS A total number of 466 responses were included in statistical analysis with 286 males (61.4%) and 180 females (38.6%), age ranged from 23 to 79 years (mean=32.7 9.32). Most of the sample (N=437, 93.8%) indicated that the dentist has a vital role in educating patients on the health hazards of smoking. A positive attitude toward adoption of tobacco cessation campaigns was associated with older, more experienced, medically compromised, non-smoker dentists. The most frequently cited barrier to tobacco cessation was lack of time (39.2%). CONCLUSIONS Dentists who smoke are less likely to adopt smoking cessation campaigns in their clinics. More experienced dentists and those older than 40 years are more likely to engage in smoking cessation activities.

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“…However, a recent survey of Hong Kong dentists found that only half of them provided such advice routinely; the main reported barriers being lack of training, lack of confidence, and fear of damaging relationship with their patients. 6 Furthermore, since many individuals visit dentists regularly for checkups, it makes good sense to use these opportunities to look out for the oral manifestations of systemic diseases in them, give appropriate health advice, and make referrals to doctors as necessary. 7,8 The need for more collaboration between dental and medical professionals to provide better patient health care services is not one-sided.…”

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Enhancing health care services through close collaboration between medical and dental professionals

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Hong Kong Med J

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Current practices, attitudes, and perceived barriers for treating smokers by Hong Kong dentists

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Tobacco cessation: attitude and practice of dentists in Northern United Arab Emirates

Tobacco cessation: attitude and practice of dentists in Northern United Arab Emirates

Tobacco cessation support among dentists: A cross-sectional survey in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait

Enhancing health care services through close collaboration between medical and dental professionals

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