The Role of the Dental Team in Preventing and Diagnosing Cancer: 5. Alcohol and the Role of the Dentist in Alcohol Cessation

From Volume 32, Issue 8, October 2005 | Pages 454-462

Authors

Stefano Petti

DMD

Professor in Applied Medical Sciences, Department of Public Health Sciences, ‘G. Sanarelli’, University ‘La Sapienza’, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, 1-00185 Rome, Italy

Articles by Stefano Petti

Crispian Scully

CBE, DSc, DChD, DMed (HC), Dhc(multi), MD, PhD, PhD (HC), FMedSci, MDS, MRCS, BSc, FDS RCS, FDS RCPS, FFD RCSI, FDS RCSEd, FRCPath, FHEA

Bristol Dental Hospital, Lower Maudlin Street, Bristol BS1 2LY, UK

Articles by Crispian Scully

Abstract

Alcohol use contributes to many health disorders and social problems which may affect both the individual and the community, and is a major risk factor for oral cancer and potentially malignant lesions - leukoplakia and erythroplakia. Counselling by doctors and dentists can increase users’ motivation to stop alcohol use but is not often applied in a systematic or frequent manner to people presenting with potentially malignant oral lesions. This paper makes recommendations for interventions by health professionals to encourage and aid cessation of alcohol use as a part of prevention of oral cancer.

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