British dental journal
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British dental journal · Jan 2006
Tobacco cessation activities of UK dentists in primary care: signs of improvement.
To investigate attitudes and opinions of the members of the British Dental Association towards implementing tobacco cessation strategies in dental practices. ⋯ Members of the dental team are very willing to implement tobacco cessation strategies in the dental practice. Most dentists feel that promotion of tobacco cessation is an important part of the duty of a dentist, but they feel inadequately prepared to deliver such advice. The major barriers to delivering successful tobacco cessation campaigns are the amount of time required, lack of reimbursement, lack of training, lack of patient education materials and lack of knowledge of available referral resources. The majority of dentists have received no training in tobacco cessation strategies. They feel that staff training and free availability of more patient education materials (leaflets, posters, etc) would help promote the success of such a campaign.
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British dental journal · Jan 2006
Dental anxiety, distress at induction and postoperative morbidity in children undergoing tooth extraction using general anaesthesia.
To report on the prevalence of postoperative morbidity in children undergoing tooth extraction under chair dental general anaesthetic (CDGA) in relation to pre-operative dental anxiety and anaesthetic induction distress. ⋯ The majority of children suffered next day morbidity and many still had symptoms a week later. Most children were dentally anxious; this related to induction distress and postoperative morbidity.