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Impacts of smoking on oral health - what is the role of the dental team in smoking cessation?

Amaral A L, da Costa Andrade P A, Lwaleed B A, Andrade S A. Evid Based Dent 2023; 24: 186-187.

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Whilst we have known for some time about the detrimental effects that smoking has on both general and oral health, this Comment clarifies and quantifies the effects on the oral cavity specifically. This was exactly the aim of the EBD Smoking Cessation special issue, in which this paper features, and which is also still open to submissions of both Comments and Systematic Reviews.

In addition to outlining the adverse oral health-related effects of smoking, this Comment also demonstrates the significant role that the dental team can play in assisting people to quit the habit. However, the authors point out that this can only happen if comprehensive training and education programmes are put in place so that dental teams can be integrated into multidisciplinary smoking cessation teams.

Find out the barriers and potential solutions here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41432-023-00930-3