Open AccessTobacco cessation in India: A contemporary issue in public health dentistry
Author(s) -
Ramya Kalyanpur,
K Pushpanjali,
K V V Prasad,
Kumar Gaurav Chhabra
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of dental research/indian journal of dental research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.277
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1998-3603
pISSN - 0970-9290
DOI - 10.4103/0970-9290.99061
Subject(s) - medicine , public health , tobacco use , poverty , environmental health , subclinical infection , smoking cessation , family medicine , dentistry , nursing , economic growth , pathology , population , economics
In India, tobacco use is incredibly linked to poverty and accounts for the high public health costs of treating tobacco-related diseases. Dental public health programs aid in detecting the tobacco-related periodontal diseases, oral cancers, etc., where the majority belongs to the submerged portion of iceberg, which otherwise leads to substantial morbidity and mortality. Moreover, public health dentists plays a key role in identifying both clinical and subclinical cases and aid in tobacco use cessation through various modes of health education and counseling. Therefore, the community-based measures are deemed to be the most cost-effective tool for tobacco cessation