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Background There are limited data on the utility of dental professionals in providing smoking cessation counselling in the UK. Objectives The purpose of this study was to determine quit rates for smokers with chronic periodontitis who were referred to a dental hospital for treatment. Materials and methods Forty-nine subjects with chronic periodontitis who smoked cigarettes were recruited. All subjects received periodontal treatment and smoking cessation advice as part of an individual, patient-based programme provided by dental hygienists trained in smoking cessation counselling. Smoking cessation interventions included counselling (all patients), and some patients also received nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and/or Zyban medication. Smoking cessation advice was given at each visit at which periodontal treatment was undertaken (typically four to six visits) over a period of 10-12 weeks. Smoking cessation advice was also given monthly during the programme of supportive periodontal care over the following nine months. Smoking status was recorded at three, six and 12 months and was confirmed with carbon monoxide (CO) monitors and salivary cotinine assays. Results Forty-one per cent, 33%, 29% and 25% of patients had stopped smoking at week four, months three, six and 12, respectively. Gender, age, the presence of another smoker in the household, and baseline smoking status (determined using subject- reported pack years of smoking) were not significant predictors of quit success (P>0.05). Baseline CO levels were significantly associated with quit success, however, and were significantly higher in those subjects who continued to smoke compared to those subjects who were quitters at week four, month three and month six (P<0.05). Conclusion Success rates in quitting smoking following smoking cessation advice given as part of a periodontal treatment compared very favourably to national quit rates achieved in specialist smoking cessation clinics. The dental profession has a crucial role to play in smoking cessation counselling, particularly for patients with chronic periodontitis.
Author(s): Nasry HA, Preshaw PM, Stacey F, Heasman L, Swan M, Heasman PA
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: British Dental Journal
Year: 2006
Volume: 200
Issue: 5
Pages: 272-275
ISSN (print): 0007-0610
ISSN (electronic): 1476-5373
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/sj.bdj.4813307
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bdj.4813307
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