Course Overview:

6:00 pm:  Welcome and introduction

6:10 pm: An updated overview of the history and use of tobacco products and nicotine replacement therapies and an introduction to Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDS) and its oral and overall health consequences.

7:00 pm:  Prescribed and OTC medications that support tobacco cessation efforts.

8:00 pm: Motivational communication and tobacco cessation: the importance of assessing the severity of a patient's addiction to tobacco to tailor communication towards a patient's situation.

Course Overview:

At the end of this course, the participants will be able to:

1. Identify the negative effects of tobacco on dental patients' health and oral health
2. Identify oral health risks of vaping products
3. List all prescribed and OTC medications that support tobacco cessation efforts, their efficacy and side effects and contra indications
4. Describe the questions that need to be asked to identify the severity of a patient's addiction to tobacco
5. Identify how to tailor the content of the tobacco cessation to the individual patient's situation
6. Describe the four principles of motivational interviewing and its four tools that can be used to engage patients in motivational communication related to tobacco cessation