L7 Introduction to oral health education Flashcards
What is the WHO definition of oral health?
“Oral health is a state of being free from chronic mouth and facial pain, oral and throat cancer, oral sores, periodontal (gum) disease, tooth decay and tooth loss, and other diseases and disorders that affect the oral cavity. Risk factors for oral diseases include unhealthy diet, tobacco use, harmful alcohol use, and poor oral hygiene”
What are the most common dental problems?
Most common dental disease is periodontal disease
60-90 % of school children worldwide have dental cavities
Periodontal disease is found between 5-20% of middle aged adults
Caries is the most common disease affecting mankind
Periodontal disease affects supporting structures of the tooth
Tooth wear leads to destruction of hard tissue (in ways other than caries/ trauma such as abrasion/erosion)
40/50% of people who are HIV positive have oral/fungal/bacterial infections
Oral cancer affects 10/100000 in most countries
What are the impacts of poor oral health?
Affects self esteem & Affects psychological well being
What are the main oral health education campaigns?
British dental health foundation
British association of community dentistry
What is the main document used in oral health education?
Delivering better oral health document published by the department of health
What information is given in the document regarding tooth brushing? (found in sec 2+6)
use a medium to soft brush with a small head and nylon bristles powered brushes (small oscillating head) may be effective but regardless of manual or powered its more important is that teeth are brushed twice a day
What information is given in the document regarding interdental aids?
seek professional advice as will be different for each individual
What information is given in the document regarding healthy eating advice? (found in sec 4)
Amount/frequency of sugar consumption should be decreases
Avoid sugar containing foods at bed time
Added sugar should provide less than 10% of total energy in the diet
What information is given in the document regarding Fluoride? (found in sec 3)
Systemic fluoridation (water fluoridation) + tablets
Topical fluoride (toothpaste, mouthwash, fluoride varnish + gels)
10 % of UK’s population benefit from water fluoridation
Amount of toothpaste (use a smear if under 3 or if 3-6 a small pea sized amount)
What information is given in the document regarding Smoking & tobacco use (found in sec 7)
Dental teams will give brief advice
National centre of smoking cessation – can take 30 seconds
What information is given in the document regarding alcohol misuse (found in sec 8)
22% of adults exceed guidelines
What information is given in the document regarding Helping patients to change their behavior (found in sec 10)
Take every appropriate opportunity to encourage and support behavior change to improve health + wellbeing
