30Jan 2017

“COMPARISON OF SMOKERS AND NON-SMOKERS KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF SMOKING EFFECTS ON GENERAL and ORAL HEALTH

  • College of Dentistry, Taibah University of Medina.
  • College of Dentistry, Taibah University of Medina.
  • Associate Professor of Periodontology and Oral Medicine BDS (University of Alexandria), MSc. (University of Alexandria), Ph.D. (University of Khartoum) FSMSB, (Sudan Medical Specialization Board).
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Introduction: Tobacco inhalation is inhalation of smoke from burned leaves of tobacco plant, most often in the form of cigarettes. Smokeless tobacco refers to chewing of tobacco. People may smoke casually for pleasure, habitually to satisfy an addiction, due to social pressure, etc. There is overwhelming evidence that tobacco usage produce harmful effects in the mouth. Aim: The objective of this was to assess the differences in knowledge and awareness of dental patient to the effects of smoking on oral and general health between smokers and non-smokers. Materials and Methods: A cross sectional analytic study using a self-administered questionnaire was be given to the patients in the dental clinics of the College of Dentistry at Taibah University. Results: A total of 418 respondents responded to be enrolled in the study. Out of the418 respondents, 51.9% were smokers and 48.1% were not .The comparison between smoker and non-smoker with age group, the smokers group was higher between (31-50) 57.1%, also in comparison between smokers and non-smokers in avoid reading about the hazards of smoking in newspapers, magazines and Emails smokers who totally agree was totally agree 64.5% Conclusion: The dental patients had good knowledge about the oral and general effects of smoking. Smokers exhibited a willingness to follow the dentists’ advice about quitting smoking.

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[Mohammed Iesa, Sultan Abdulrhman Alharbi and Abdel Rahman Murtada Abdel Rahman Ramadan. (2017); “COMPARISON OF SMOKERS AND NON-SMOKERS KNOWLEDGE AND AWARENESS OF SMOKING EFFECTS ON GENERAL and ORAL HEALTH Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Jan). 2054-2060] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Mohammed Abdulkhaliq Iesa

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/2976      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/2976

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