AAOM Clinician’s Guide to Smoking CessationThe Tobacco Cessation Clinician’s Guide was designed with the student, the General Practitioners and Specialist of Dentistry in mind, to serve as a quick reference on the subject of Tobacco Cessation for the Dental Patients. This guide will present the most current and useful Protocol used in Tobacco Cessation. The Guide consist of 8 chapters; including: the rational for the Oral health Professional intervention, Tobacco use and its impact on Oral Health (including Tobacco related Mucosal and Dental conditions), Tobacco use and Systemic conditions, intervening with Tobacco users (including the US public health service and the National Cancer Institute protocols. Recommended therapies for Tobacco Cessations (including Nicotine replacement and Nicotine free products), indications and contra- indications are presented of each product. There is a section on patients frequently asked questions and their answers. Finally a chapter on using Dental codes for Tobacco use counseling, billing and useful resources on Tobacco Cessation.ISBN: 55009-4123-SYN-B, 550094123SYNB
