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Tobacco Cessation Counselling by Dental Personnel
Tobacco is one of the greatest challenges in public health, ravaging countries and regions. Tobac... more Tobacco is one of the greatest challenges in public health, ravaging countries and regions. Tobacco thrives everywhere despite social (and some religious) disapproval and causes a wide range of conditions effecting all the body organs. It is also identified as major risk factors for many oral disorders comprising from simple staining of teeth to deadly oral cancer. The dental practice is a potential location for partaking in tobacco cessation measures accessing to large population. The advice delivered through dental practice is as effective as support provided by other primary care professionals. Dental personnel has a unique opportunity in providing tobacco control activities by recognizing the early abnormal change in routine clinical examination via repeated oral check-up as part of their provision of ongoing oral healthcare. The dentist and dental practices have a critical role to play in encouraging and supporting tobacco cessation. Involving dental personnel takes holistic ap...
Tobacco is one of the greatest challenges in public health, ravaging countries and regions. Tobac... more Tobacco is one of the greatest challenges in public health, ravaging countries and regions. Tobacco thrives everywhere despite social (and some religious) disapproval and causes a wide range of conditions effecting all the body organs. It is also identifi ed as major risk factors for many oral disorders comprising from simple staining of teeth to deadly oral cancer. The dental practice is a potential location for partaking in tobacco cessation measures accessing to large population. The advice delivered through dental practice is as effective as support provided by other primary care professionals. Dental personnel has a unique opportunity in providing tobacco control activities by recognizing the early abnormal change in routine clinical examination via repeated oral check-up as part of their provision of ongoing oral healthcare. The dentist and dental practices have a critical role to play in encouraging and supporting tobacco cessation. This article aimed to review the literature...
Introduction: Developments and growing number of health care systems increases the generation of ... more Introduction: Developments and growing number of health care systems increases the generation of Biomedical Waste (BMW). Adequate knowledge about the biomedical waste with the positive attitude and proper management can curtail the risk and hazard to the health personnel and the environment. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of dental postgraduate students regarding biomedical waste management in Bengaluru. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 250 dental postgraduate students using a validated questionnaire in Bengaluru. The questionnaire comprised 35 questions in English with 5 general questions and 10 in each domain (knowledge, attitude and practice). Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Post hoc were used. A p-value <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: The proportions of study participants scoring knowledge questions correctly ranged from 12.0%94.8%. Most of the study participants (58.0%-90.0%) exhibited positive atti...
Tobacco Cessation Counselling by Dental Personnel
Tobacco is one of the greatest challenges in public health, ravaging countries and regions. Tobac... more Tobacco is one of the greatest challenges in public health, ravaging countries and regions. Tobacco thrives everywhere despite social (and some religious) disapproval and causes a wide range of conditions effecting all the body organs. It is also identified as major risk factors for many oral disorders comprising from simple staining of teeth to deadly oral cancer. The dental practice is a potential location for partaking in tobacco cessation measures accessing to large population. The advice delivered through dental practice is as effective as support provided by other primary care professionals. Dental personnel has a unique opportunity in providing tobacco control activities by recognizing the early abnormal change in routine clinical examination via repeated oral check-up as part of their provision of ongoing oral healthcare. The dentist and dental practices have a critical role to play in encouraging and supporting tobacco cessation. Involving dental personnel takes holistic ap...
Tobacco is one of the greatest challenges in public health, ravaging countries and regions. Tobac... more Tobacco is one of the greatest challenges in public health, ravaging countries and regions. Tobacco thrives everywhere despite social (and some religious) disapproval and causes a wide range of conditions effecting all the body organs. It is also identifi ed as major risk factors for many oral disorders comprising from simple staining of teeth to deadly oral cancer. The dental practice is a potential location for partaking in tobacco cessation measures accessing to large population. The advice delivered through dental practice is as effective as support provided by other primary care professionals. Dental personnel has a unique opportunity in providing tobacco control activities by recognizing the early abnormal change in routine clinical examination via repeated oral check-up as part of their provision of ongoing oral healthcare. The dentist and dental practices have a critical role to play in encouraging and supporting tobacco cessation. This article aimed to review the literature...
Introduction: Developments and growing number of health care systems increases the generation of ... more Introduction: Developments and growing number of health care systems increases the generation of Biomedical Waste (BMW). Adequate knowledge about the biomedical waste with the positive attitude and proper management can curtail the risk and hazard to the health personnel and the environment. Objective: To assess the knowledge, attitude and practices of dental postgraduate students regarding biomedical waste management in Bengaluru. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted among 250 dental postgraduate students using a validated questionnaire in Bengaluru. The questionnaire comprised 35 questions in English with 5 general questions and 10 in each domain (knowledge, attitude and practice). Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and Post hoc were used. A p-value <0.05 was considered as statistically significant. Results: The proportions of study participants scoring knowledge questions correctly ranged from 12.0%94.8%. Most of the study participants (58.0%-90.0%) exhibited positive atti...