Zahid Khan

Birmingham Dental Hospital/School of Dentistry

Malignant oral melanoma: how to spot it and how it is managed

Cases of primary malignant oral melanoma account for 0.2–8% of all melanomas.5 Most POMs arise in previously clinically normal mucosa, while approximately 30–50% of cases have had pre-existing oral...

The dentist's role in smoking cessation management – a literature review and recommendations: part 2

The suggestion that smoking cessation could be split into five different stages was first described by Prochaska and DiClemente.4 In this article it is assumed that the model is in relation to smoking...

The dentist's role in smoking cessation management — a literature review and recommendations: part 1

For over 200 years, there has been an ever-increasing body of evidence regarding the risks of tobacco use.1 Links between clay pipe smoking and malignancy of the lip and mouth were made as early as...