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Dentists Tackle Tobacco: Key Players in Smoking Cessation Ft Dr. Vikrant Mohanty
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Overview
Every year 31st May is marked as World No Tobacco Day. This yearly celebration informs the public on the dangers of using tobacco, the business practices of tobacco companies, what organizations are doing to fight the tobacco epidemic, and what people around the world can do to claim their right to health and healthy living and to protect future generations.
In this video, Dr. Vikrant Mohanty, Professor And Head Of Department, Department Of Public Health Dentistry, Maulana Azad Institute Of Dental Sciences, Delhi, discusses the role of dentists in tobacco cessation.
He talked about the following:
1. Impact of tobacco use on oral health
2. Dentists and tobacco cessation counseling
3. Strategies to help patients quit smoking
4. Effectiveness of Nicotine Replacement Therapies
5. Barriers faced by dentists in tobacco cessation counseling
Speakers
Dr. Nandita Mohan
BDS, MDS( Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry)
Dr. Nandita Mohan is a practicing pediatric dentist with more than 5 years of clinical work experience. Along with this, she is equally interested in keeping herself up to date about the latest developments in the field of medicine and dentistry which is the driving force for her to be in association with Medical Dialogues. She also has her name attached with many publications; both national and international. She has pursued her BDS from Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences, Bangalore and later went to enter her dream specialty (MDS) in the Department of Pedodontics and Preventive Dentistry from Pt. B.D. Sharma University of Health Sciences. Through all the years of experience, her core interest in learning something new has never stopped. She can be contacted at editorial@medicaldialogues.in. Contact no. 011-43720751
Dr Vikrant Mohanty is experienced Head with a demonstrated history of working in the higher education industry. He is Skilled in Healthcare Consulting, Smoking Cessation, Epidemiology, Program Evaluation, and Dentistry. Strong professional with a Masters in Business Administration focused in Health Care Administration from Faculty of Management Studies - University of Delhi.