Angela L. Williams - Dental Care and Oral Health Sourcebook: Health Reference Series

Dental Care and Oral Health

SOURCEBOOK

SIXTH EDITION

Health Reference Series

Dental Care and Oral Health

SOURCEBOOK

SIXTH EDITION

Basic Consumer Health Information about Caring for the Mouth and Teeth, Including Facts about Dental Hygiene and Routine Care Guidelines, Fluoride, Sealants, Cavities, Root Canals, Extractions, Implants, Veneers, Dentures, and Orthodontic and Orofacial Procedures

Along with Information about Periodontal (Gum) Disease, Canker Sores, Dry Mouth, Temporomandibular Joint and Muscle Disorders (TMJ), Oral Cancer, and Other Conditions That Impact Oral Health, Suggestions for Finding and Financing Care, a Glossary of Related Terms, and Directories of Additional Resources

Bibliographic Note

Because this page cannot legibly accommodate all the copyright notices, the Bibliographic Note portion of the Preface constitutes an extension of the copyright notice.

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OMNIGRAPHICS

Angela L. Williams, Managing Editor

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Copyright 2019 Omnigraphics

ISBN 978-0-7808-1721-0

E-ISBN 978-0-7808-1722-7

Library of Congress Control Number: 2019942355

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Printed in the United States

Table of Contents

Preface

About This Book

Oral health is essential to overall health. Good oral health includes more than maintaining healthy teeth and gums. Oral health also involves avoiding craniofacial conditions that can affect the face and mouth. These conditions can lead to systemic health problems such as infections, immune disorders, cancer, or heart and lung disease. Although, there has been significant improvement in the oral health of Americans due to increasingly effective prevention and treatment efforts, some challenges remain and new concerns have emerged.

Dental Care and Oral Health Sourcebook, Sixth Edition offers information about mouth and tooth care guidelines for effective hygiene, nutrition, and decay prevention. Facts about tooth pain, dental fillings, orthodontia, and other endodontic treatments and dental implants are provided. Facial trauma and cleft palate treatments are also discussed. Disorders such as temporomandibular joint and muscle (TMJ) disorder, mouth sores, jaw problems, tongue disorders, and health conditions, such as bad breath, that impact oral health are addressed. The book concludes with guidelines for finding and financing dental care, a glossary of dental care terms, and directories with further information about dental care and oral health services.

How to Use This Book

This book is divided into parts and chapters. Parts focus on broad areas of interest. Chapters are devoted to single topics within a part.

Part I: Taking Care of Your Mouth and Teeth begins by outlining key steps for dental health and provides an overview on the anatomy of the mouth. Information on procedures and products used to clean teeth and remove dental plaque is provided. The impact of nutrition and fluoride is described along with details about mouth injuries. Oral health for older adults is also discussed.

Part II: Visiting Your Dentists Office explains common dental procedures, such as dental imaging, fillings, sedation, and dental drills, besides information on routine dental visits and overcoming dental phobia. It also talks about dental caries in primary and permanent teeth and prevalence of total and untreated dental caries among youth. Details about rebuilding and reshaping teeth, having a tooth pulled, as well as denture choices are also provided.

Part III: Dental Care for Infants and Children offers strategies for initiating and maintaining healthy primary teeth. Fluoride treatments and sealants with adequate calcium intake are addressed. Other specific concerns for children, such as teething, using a pacifier, childhood bruxism, weaning a child from a bottle, and the impact of sugar on childrens oral health, are also explained. It also discusses preventing oral injuries and tooth decay in children and the importance of routine dental care visits.

Part IV: Orthodontic, Endodontic, Periodontic, and Orofacial Conditions and Procedures provides information about treatment for endodontic conditions, periodontal (gum) disease, and dental implants. Facial trauma and corrective jaw surgery are also discussed.

Part V: Oral Diseases and Disorders provides information about various diseases and disorders that affect the oral health, such as bad breath, burning mouth syndrome, cleft palate, dentinogenesis imperfecta, jaw problems, mouth sores, oral cancer, thrush, tongue disorders, and so on.

Part VI: Health Conditions That Affect Oral Health describes specific medical conditions that causeor result inoral complications, including cancer treatment, celiac disease, diabetes, heart disease, immune system disorders, organ transplantation, osteoporosis, and the use of tobacco products.

Part VII: Finding and Financing Oral Health in the United States provides information on oral healthcare status and factors that impact access to oral healthcare. It reviews average dental expenses for dental care and includes suggestions for finding low-cost dental care. Specific information about school-based oral health services is also provided.

Part VIII: Additional Help and Information provides a glossary of terms related to dental care and oral health. Directories of local dental schools and other dental care and oral health resources are also included.

Bibliographic Note

This volume contains documents and excerpts from publications issued by the following U.S. government agencies: Benefits.gov; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS); ChildCare.gov; Early Childhood Learning and Knowledge Center (ECLKC); Effective Health Care Program; Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center (GARD); Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); National Cancer Institute (NCI); National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI); National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR); National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK); National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS); National Institute on Aging (NIA); National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD); National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) for Teens; National Institutes of Health (NIH); NIH News in Health; NIH Osteoporosis and Related Bone DiseasesNational Resource Center (NIH ORBDNRC); Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP); Office of Head Start (OHS); Office on Womens Health (OWH); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS); U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).