Journal of Indian Association of Public Health Dentistry

ARTICLE
Year
: 2007  |  Volume : 5  |  Issue : 9  |  Page : 41--44

Smoking and Health: Opinions and Awareness among Dental Practitioners of Kanpur City


CL Dileep, P Basavaraj, K Jayaprakash, Ill year students (2005-06) 
 Department of Community Dentistry, Rama Dental College, Hospital and Research Center, Kanpur-208024 (UP)

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The aim of this survey was to examine the dentists�SQ� awareness on major health risks associated with smoking and their opinions on factors that influence tobacco use. The study was based in information collected through a questionnaire, which was distributed among 100 randomly selected general dentists who were practicing in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. A response rate of 100% was obtained. A majority of the respondents (55%) related friends�SQ� circle as most frequently factor in the habit of smoking 21% agreed that stress was the main factor. A majority of the respondents (84%) related lung cancer to smoking. However the association with other general risk factors were least reported (30%). Only 54% of the dentists agreed that smoking was the important cause of premature death. Most of the dentists associated tobacco use with bad breath (80%) and 68% of the dentists reported that smokers had increased risk of oral cancer while 55% associated it with loss or periodontal attachment. Only 17% of the dentists agreed that the main oral change associated with smoking was leukoplakia and 65% associated it with smoker�SQ�s palate. study revealed a significant lack of awareness among the general dentists of Kanpur with respect to serious health consequencies of smoking.


How to cite this article:
Dileep C L, Basavaraj P, Jayaprakash K, I0. Smoking and Health: Opinions and Awareness among Dental Practitioners of Kanpur City.J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent 2007;5:41-44


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Dileep C L, Basavaraj P, Jayaprakash K, I0. Smoking and Health: Opinions and Awareness among Dental Practitioners of Kanpur City. J Indian Assoc Public Health Dent [serial online] 2007 [cited 2024 Mar 29 ];5:41-44
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