Kalyanpur Ramya, Pushpanjali K, Prasad K V V, Chhabra Kumar Gaurav
Department of Public Health Dentistry, S D M College of Dental Sciences and Hospital, Dharwad, India.
Indian J Dent Res. 2012 Jan-Feb;23(1):123. doi: 10.4103/0970-9290.99061.
In India, tobacco use is incredibly linked to poverty and accounts for the high public health costs of treating tobacco-related diseases. Dental public health programs aid in detecting the tobacco-related periodontal diseases, oral cancers, etc., where the majority belongs to the submerged portion of iceberg, which otherwise leads to substantial morbidity and mortality. Moreover, public health dentists plays a key role in identifying both clinical and subclinical cases and aid in tobacco use cessation through various modes of health education and counseling. Therefore, the community-based measures are deemed to be the most cost-effective tool for tobacco cessation.
在印度，烟草使用与贫困紧密相连，且导致治疗烟草相关疾病的公共卫生成本高昂。口腔公共卫生项目有助于检测与烟草相关的牙周疾病、口腔癌等，其中大多数属于冰山的水下部分，否则会导致大量发病和死亡。此外，公共卫生牙医在识别临床和亚临床病例方面发挥关键作用，并通过各种健康教育和咨询模式帮助戒烟。因此，基于社区的措施被认为是最具成本效益的戒烟工具。
