Open AccessKnowledge, attitude and practice of dental professionals towards substance use
Author(s) -
Smita R. Priyadarshini,
Pradyumna Kumar Sahoo,
D. Jena,
Rajat Panigrahi,
Swati Patnaik,
Ashutosh Mohapatra
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of international society of preventive and community dentistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.476
H-Index - 14
eISSN - 2250-1002
pISSN - 2231-0762
DOI - 10.4103/jispcd.jispcd_246_18
Subject(s) - medicine , family medicine , addiction , drug , dentistry , curriculum , dental education , substance abuse , psychiatry , psychology , pedagogy
The dentist must be aware of this drug use in their individual patients to: (1) avoid possible contraindications during dental treatment, (2) be aware of the many oral and craniofacial manifestations of such drug use, (3) be able to provide necessary dental treatment to combat the dental/oral ravages of drug use, and (4) be able to refer such patients, if so desired by the patient.