Translational Research in Dental Practice-Based Tobacco Control Interventions

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Translational Research in Dental Practice-Based Tobacco Control Interventions: The National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) are committed to stimulating innovative research on dental practice-based tobacco control interventions, as well as studies which use dentistry as a model to clarify processes underlying or influencing the translation of research findings into clinical practice. Tobacco control provides an important, public health-relevant venue for studying the translation of basic and clinical research findings into clinical practice. Clear, science-based clinical guidelines for implementing tobacco prevention and tobacco cessation are available. Also, numerous studies have documented harmful impacts of tobacco use on oral diseases and dental treatment outcomes. As yet, however, evidence suggests that the preponderance of US dental clinicians are not utilizing optimal science-based approaches to prevent or reduce the use of oral health- harming smoked or smokeless tobacco products. This RFA aims to stimulate research to: 1) develop and test interventions that translate findings from alcohol, tobacco and other drug prevention and treatment research into effective, dental practice- based tobacco control strategies, 2) translate findings from other theoretically-grounded basic or behavioral science research into effective dental practice-based tobacco control strategies, or 3) clarify processes that underlie or influence the translation of tobacco-related knowledge into clinical dental practice.