Aims:
The aims of this study are to determine the prevalence and type of tobacco use among dental students and to identify the factors that influence them to initiate tobacco use.
Subjects and Methods:
Dental students at two dental colleges affiliated to State Health University of Kerala answered a 20-item questionnaire during Jan–Feb 2015 that investigated their smoking habits and knowledge about the risk factors of smoking habits. The questions were based on the modified Global Health Professional Students Survey (GHPSS) by WHO. Some additional questions were also added from Global Youth Tobacco Survey (GYTS) by WHO to meet the objective of this study.
Result:
Current smoking was reported by 17% of the participants. None of the participants smoked more than half a packet of cigarette. More students from families with at least one tobacco user were using tobacco than those from families with no members using tobacco (51.2 versus 37.0%, respectively). The majority of dental students (92%) considered education on tobacco use cessation to be the responsibility of dentists/doctors.
Conclusion:
One of the main aims of this study was to shed light on the knowledge and attitudes of dental students on tobacco use cessation. Fairly high number of participants reported receiving inadequate information on tobacco cessation during their studies. Dental students should be taught and encouraged early on to routinely discuss with smokers the impacts of smoking on health.
Background:Microbial contamination of cosmetics products is of incredible significance since it will not only cause significant health hazardous but also act as a potential source of infections. Contamination will cause spoilage of the item and when pathogenic they become a genuine threat for its users.Aim:To evaluate the bacterial contamination in regularly used lipsticks.Objectives:To identify the pathogenic organism present in the lipsticks. To understand the potential complications of the organisms identified. Comparing the microbial count in used and new lipsticks.
Verrucous carcinoma (VC) (Ackerman's tumor/Snuff dipper's cancer) is a variant of oral squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) with minimum aggressive potential. The most common sites of involvement in the head-and-neck regions are oral cavity and larynx. VC of the oral cavity is a different clinicopathologic tumor distinguished from the usual SCC because of its local invasiveness, nonmetastasizing behavior, and special clinical appearance, but long-standing cases have shown transformation into SCC. An accurate pathological diagnosis is difficult because of an inadequate tumor sample for the study, and more importantly, a close collaboration is needed between a clinician and a pathologist to achieve the correct diagnosis. In this article, we discuss a case of 42-year-old male with VC of the left buccal mucosa which was proliferating extraorally.
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