Files
Download Full Text (210 KB)
Abstract
Exposure to cigarette smoke in the oral cavity alters the function of key periodontal pathogens such as P. gingivalis, promoting biofilm formation, colonization, and infection. The purpose of this review is to investigate how improved education on smoking can decrease negative oral health risks. Education amongst healthcare professionals and their patients is positively correlated to smoking cessation.
Smoking counseling has been shown to be more effective when given by multiple healthcare professionals outside of and in addition to primary care. Evidence shows that the chances of breaking smoking habits increase as smoking cessation counseling, cost-free medications, and follow up visits increase. Quit rates amongst patients rise when both motivational interviewing and increased health education are implemented by healthcare providers.
Literature indicates there is a need for improved collaboration between the medical and dental fields in order to improve oral health education for the general public. Research also shows that healthcare providers using multiple methods of smoking counseling in conjunction with one another have greater rates of success where decreased smoking rates are concerned.
Publication Date
2023
Disciplines
Dental Hygiene
Dental Hygiene Student Scholarship
Date of Submission
April 2023