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The hazards associated with cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use have been well documented. In addition to its association with many cancers and coronary conditions, tobacco plays a role in the aetiology of a number of oral morbidities. Dental care practitioners are a largely untapped resource for providing advice and brief counselling to tobacco-using patients, and there are good reasons to believe that they can be effective. Data from seven randomised trials indicate there is ample evidence for the efficacy of dental office-based interventions, but adoption of these tobacco cessation activities into practice has been slow. The limited research on dissemination of tobacco interventions is promising, but there is a need to develop and evaluate new methods for encouraging adoption, implementation and maintenance of tobacco interventions into routine dental care. Several studies currently under way may help to increase the effectiveness and dissemination of office-based tobacco cessation programmes into routine dental care. If dental practitioners provided cessation assistance routinely to their patients and achieved even modest success rates, the public health impact would be enormous. Researchers and clinicians must continue to work together towards universal adoption of effective tobacco cessation interventions at each clinical encounter.
BACKGROUND: The basic model of triage, developed more than 200 years ago by the French, is based on categorization of patient needs and thus the urgency and time required for care. This model in various forms is used in most hospitals throughout the world. METHODS: In this study, a fully computerized guided self-diagnosis system (based on a neural network design) was designed, prototyped, developed and trialled by front line non-clinically trained personnel in emergency dentistry. RESULTS: A total of 699 patients were seen as a result of the triage assessment within 14 days of their initial phone call and/or first contact. Patients categorized as requiring care on the day (Category 1) were provided more items of care (50 per cent of all items) and the greatest number of extractions (76 per cent) and endodontic treatments (78 per cent). Other categories were found to require less urgent care. CONCLUSIONS: The triage system developed in this study clearly holds significant promise in reducing the impact of emergency dental patients on dental health care systems. However, it is recognized that the system still requires some adjustment to ensure all Category 1 patients are examined before less urgent categories.