Role of Nicotine Replacement Therapy in Tobacco Cessation.
Journal Title: International Journal of Dental Science and Innovative Research (IJDSIR) - Year 2019, Vol 2, Issue 3
Abstract
Tobacco use in smoked as well as smokeless forms is implicated as a scientifically proven, number one cause of oral cancer, leading to a quite significant number of deaths worldwide. The addictive component of tobacco is nicotine which is not a cancer causing agent, but it leads to tobacco dependence & hence patient is exposed to other cancer causing agents contained in tobacco like acetaldehyde, acrylonitrile, 4-aminobiphenyl, arsenic, benzene etc. Dentists being oral health care providers are first to encounter tobacco related changes in patient’s mouth. And hence it is a professional as well as moral responsibility of a dentist to help the patients in quitting the habit by spreading awareness among them. Dentist needs to be well aware of different modes of tobacco cessation. Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is one of these methods. This article highlights the basic role of dentist in lowering the tobacco burden in society by use of Nicotine Replacement Therapy. However the other modes of tobacco cessation like behavioral counselling & modification, pharmacological modes etc are not discussed in this paper.
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Dr Nazia Qurashi
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