Comprehensive Preventive Dentistry provides one user-friendly resource that brings together information on the scientific basis and clinical practice of all aspects of preventive dentistry. This thorough and all-encompassing resource offers techniques and strategies for maintaining excellent oral health in patients through a regimen of preventive measures.
Comprehensive Preventive Dentistry is grounded in a patient-centered, pre-emptive, and minimally invasive philosophy. The book begins by covering individual diseases, such as caries, periodontitis, and oral cancer, as well as therapies (sealants, fluoride) and other relevant conditions (toothwear, hypersensitivity). Additionally, concepts such as the role of diet and nutrition in oral health are discussed. Also covered are oral care products and new techological developments in caries diagnosis and risk assessment, periodontal disease and oral cancer, as well as new developments in home care products.
A valuable and comprehensive companion that will appeal to dentists and dental hygienists, this helpful new book provides its readers with one authoritative resource that offers a reliable and helpful companion to practicing preventive dentistry.
List of Contributors
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. A brief introduction to oral diseases: caries, periodontal disease, and oral cancer
Hardy Limeback, Jim Yuan Lai, Grace Bradley, and Colin Robinson
2. Caries detection and diagnosis
Iain A. Pretty
3. Diagnosis of periodontal diseases
Jim Yuan Lai
4. Oral cancer
Grace Bradley and Iona Leong
5. Evidence-based dentistry
Amir Azarpazhooh, David Locker, and Prakeshkumar S. Shah
6. The role of diet in the prevention of dental diseases
Paula Moynihan
7. Probiotics and dental caries risk
Eva Söderling
8. Mechanical plaque removal
Shirley Gutkowski
9. The role of sugar alcohols, xylitol, and chewing gum in preventing dental diseases
Peter Milgrom and Kiet A. Ly
10. Preventing dental disease with chlorhexidine
Hardy Limeback and Ross Perry
11. Ozone in the prevention of dental diseases
Hardy Limeback and Amir Azarpazhooh
12. Protection of the dentition
Hardy Limeback
13. Tooth erosion
W. Peter Holbrook
14. The etiology, diagnosis, and management of dentin hypersensitivity
Hardy Limeback
15. Caries risk assessment
Ferne Kraglund and Hardy Limeback
16. Fluoride therapy
Hardy Limeback and Colin Robinson
17. Dental sealants
Hien Ngo and W. Kim Seow
18. Strategies for remineralization
Laurence J. Walsh
19. Oral health promotion in infants and preschool age children
Gajanan Vishwanath (Kiran) Kulkarni
20. High-risk patients: the frail older adult living in long-term care homes
Mary-Lou van der Horst and Donna Bowes
21. The effective preventive dental team
Ann-Marie C. DePalma and Shirley Gutkowski
22. The independent dental hygienist
Fran Richardson
Index