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Oral Health Assessment by Lay Personnel for Older Adults
Published on: February 2, 2020
Tackling tobacco dependency. The dental team approach
Abstract:
Tobacco use causes approximately 440,000 premature deaths in the United States annually. The U.S. Clinical Practice Guideline on Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence encourages clinicians to: Ask about tobacco use; Advise patients to stop; Assess willingness to quit; Assist in treatment; and Arrange for follow-up. Apply the five "A's" to the dental team by implementing a system to collect the necessary information, while providing multiple and reinforcing messages to help tobacco-using patients progress toward abstinence.
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