TY - JOUR
T1 - A critical and ironic instant in science and attitude of health personnel Clin d'oeil critique et ironique sur la science et attitude clinique personnelle.
AU - De Bruyn, H.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Smoking habits have a negative impact on general health and are detrimendous for teeth, dental implants, periodontal and peri-implant tissues. In this paper, however, a critical note is placed based on a comparison of the current evidence based knowledge with scientifically sound communications dating 1946. It seems that not only science has turned its own conclusions upside down but also health care workers and dentists have changed their opinion regarding smokers enormously. Some reflection and relativism should be taken into account when dentists are planning dental care in smoking patients.
AB - Smoking habits have a negative impact on general health and are detrimendous for teeth, dental implants, periodontal and peri-implant tissues. In this paper, however, a critical note is placed based on a comparison of the current evidence based knowledge with scientifically sound communications dating 1946. It seems that not only science has turned its own conclusions upside down but also health care workers and dentists have changed their opinion regarding smokers enormously. Some reflection and relativism should be taken into account when dentists are planning dental care in smoking patients.
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M3 - Article
SN - 0035-080X
VL - 64
SP - 100
EP - 104
JO - Revue belge de médecine dentaire
JF - Revue belge de médecine dentaire
IS - 2
ER -