Meeting Report
Tobacco Cessation Program for LSU School of Dentistry
Susan Parker*
Department of Comprehensive Dentistry at Louisiana Health Sciences Center’s School of Dentistry, USA
- *Corresponding Author:
- Susan Parker
Department of Comprehensive Dentistry at
Louisiana Health Sciences Center’s School of Dentistry
New Orleans, LA, 70119, USA
Tel: 504-941-8382
Fax: 504-941-8218
E-mail: spark2@lsuhsc.edu
Received Date: February 25, 2014; Accepted Date: March 17, 2014; Published Date: March 22, 2014
Citation: Parker S (2014) Tobacco Cessation Program for LSU School of Dentistry. J Oral Hyg Health 2:124. doi: 10.4172/2332-0702.1000124
Copyright: © 2014 Parker S. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
For the LSU School of Dentistry, Dr. Jeevan Yenuganti, and an oral medicine doctor, and I developed a tobacco cessation program to be incorporated into the four year curriculum for our students. It is based on the most recent knowledge and components of effective tobacco cessation programs. Our goal is to provide an avenue for help for smokers who have the desire to quit and to educate our dental students in the implementation of a tobacco cessation program for the dental office or healthcare facility.
