OHI Flashcards
What does establishing suitable oral hygiene habits require?
Communication
Motivation
Skills
What should oral hygiene techniques be?
Effective
Safe
Easy to learn
Inexpensive
How would you carry out OHI?
Diagnose
Educate
Illustrate
ID cleaning
Demonstrate
Assess ability
What is the recommended brushing technique?
The modified Bass Method.
When is a single tufted brush indicated?
Type II embrasures.
Fixed dental prosthesis.
Difficult to reach areas.
Persistent pockets
What does daily tongue cleaning achieve?
The removal of pathogenic bacteria.
Reduces bacteria in the saliva.
Improves taste.
Reduces halitosis.
Removes sulfur compounds.
What TBI would you give for a manual tooth brush?
5 degree angle.
Surfaces of all teeth.
2 minutes.
At night and on one other occasion daily.
Spit don’t rinse.
What are the 4 key steps to denture care?
Daily cleaning with toothbrush.
Daily soaking is denture-cleansing solution.
Remove at night.
Have a regular recall.
How would you advise a patient with ortho to take care of their oral hygiene?
Remove any elastics.
Use an orthodontic brush.
Use modified bass technique.
ID brushes to clean under archwire.
What products would you recommend for orthodontic appliances?
0.05% fluoride daily rinse.
0.2% fluoride weekly rinse.
Fluoride varnish 2.26% every 3/12
What diet advice would you give for orthodontic appliances?
Soft foods.
cut food into small pieces and chew on the back teeth.
Avoid hard foods.
avoid chewy foods.
Avoid sugary foods.
Avoid chewing on hard things such as pens/pencils/fingernails.
What is included in primary prevention?
Prevent disease.
Health education.
Action on determinants of health.
What is included in secondary prevention?
Early detection of disease.
Appropriate intervention.
Health education.
What is included in tertiary prevention?
Reduce the impact of the disease.
Promote quality of life through active rehabilitation.
Health education.
What is the maximum amount of sugar for 11 years +?
30 grams
What is the maximum amount of sugar for 7-10 year olds?
24 grams
What is the maximum amount of sugar for 4-6 year olds?
19 grams
What diet advice would you give for a baby?
Breast milk or infant formula
No solids before 6 months.
Wean from 6 months
Boiled cooled mains.
Tap water
No low fat, low calorie, high fibre advice.
No fruit juice before 6 months.
What diet advice would you give for children?
Don’t add sugar to foods.
Don’t add sugar to bottles.
Don’t give honey.
Don’t dip a dummy in sweet foods.
Don’t give whole nuts.
No low fat/calorie/fibre advice.
What are he dietary factors that affect the caries risk?
Frequency of food.
Amount of fermentable carbohydrates eaten.
Amount ofsugar.
Consistency of food.
Favourable components in diet.
What is demineralisation affected by?
Is affected by the number and type of bacteria.
The saliva secretion rate.
Saliva buffering capacity.
The ability to eliminate foods.
What will a high carbohydrate diet do?
It will encourage the proliferation of bacteria that metabolise carbohydrate and produce acid.
What will a concentrated carbohydrate diet do?
Will clear more slowly from the mouth.
What will a diet rich in sucrose do?
Will encourage proliferation of streptocoous mutans.
