In 1989, a visionary in the dental profession, Dr. Robert Mecklenburg, secured funding from
the National Institutes of Health to create the National Dental Tobacco Free Steering …

Background and Overview A number of significant events and research findings during the
past 15 years have led to the dental profession's growing involvement in tobacco-use …

A private practitioner from Haverhill, Mass., Dr. Benson chairs the Massachusetts Dental
Society's Council on Access, Prevention and Interprofessional Relations. Under his …

Background Cigarette smoking remains the nation's leading preventable cause of premature
mortality. Tobacco use also is responsible for 75 percent of deaths resulting from oral and …

Every year the use of tobacco takes a tremen-dous toll on the world's population in terms of
illness and death, even almost forty years after the first report of the US Surgeon General on …

Tobacco use adversely affects oral health and dental care. Globally, the health
consequences of tobacco use are worsening, particularly those caused by cigarette …

COMMENTARY found that most clinicians would like to do more, and that toll-free telephone
lines offer a way to do so that does not require much time or expertise. 8 Recently, a single …

Tobacco use is a risk factor for oral cancer, oral mucosal lesions, periodontal disease and
impaired healing after periodontal treatment, gingival recession, and coronal and root …

The oral health effects of tobacco use are well documented. It is important that the oral
health team become involved in decreasing tobacco use and preventing future use among …

The article focuses on tobacco cessation and dental hygiene. According to the author,
tobacco use is one of the most important preventable risk factor in the incidence and …