Journal of the Dental Association of Thailand
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Item Performance Status and Perceptions of the Private Dentists in Bangkok and Adjacent Provinces towards Smoking Cessation Services(Journal of the Dental Association of Thailand, 2010-03-25) Doungporn SirithepmontreeThe objectives of this research were to evaluate the level of skills and knowledge of dentists in giving advices on smoking cessation, to study the roles of dentists towards smoking cessation services through private dental clinics in Bangkok and adjacent provinces, assess the progression on performances of the dental networks for smoking cessation campaign, to gain a better understanding about the dentists’ needs on particular media for the smoking cessation campaign, and to seek for dental clinics willingly participate in the smoking cessation campaign to further develop a long partnership. The results of the study indicated that 20.4% (196 samplers) of patients are smokers, but only 0.7% of the dentist are smokers. More than 95% of the dentists are well aware that they are the first healthcare workers, prior to general doctors, who can identify smoking problems and consequently provide prevention and advisory to smokers. This is due to the fact that most of patients only go to see doctors when they have serious health problems. The results showed that more than 90% of the dentists have positive attitudes toward smoking cessation campaign and willingly want to join the campaign in order to render contributions to the society, rather than getting compensations or rewards in return. Main activities (57.7%) that dentists have carried out were giving advices to patients along with related documents. It was found that the most popular media used were leaflets (87.3%) and stickers (78.9%), respectively.