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Assessing Systemic Disease Risk in a Dental Setting

WEBScreening and monitoring for systemic disease risk in a dental setting are valuable components for more effective disease prevention and control and health care …

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Interdisciplinary Education and Health Care in Geriatric Dental

WEBGeriatric patients are more likely to have multiple medical comorbidities, physical limitations, and mental impairments that warrant careful consideration while …

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Introduction to nutrition and oral health

WEBIntroduction to nutrition and oral health. Nutrition is defined as the science of how the body utilizes food to meet requirements for development, growth, repair, and maintenance. …

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Infection Control in the Dental Office

WEBThe goal of an infection control program is to provide a safe working environment for dental health care personnel and their patients. Practitioners can achieve this by adopting …

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Dental Public Health Practice, Infrastructure, and Workforce in the

WEBDental public health is a unique specialty of dentistry that focuses on prevention of oral diseases among populations rather than individual patients. It encompasses several …

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Home Page: Dental Clinics

WEBApril 2024. Diagnostic Imaging of the Teeth and Jaws Galal Omami, BDS, MSc, MDentSc, FRCD(C), Dip. ABOMR, Editor. I am pleased to help bring forth this …

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The Evolving Field of Dental Sleep Medicine

WEBDental sleep medicine is a dynamic field focused on the relationship between oral health and sleep disorders, particularly sleep apnea. Dentists play a crucial role in …

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Oral Health Literacy: The New Imperative to Better Oral Health

WEBEffective communication with patients is the cornerstone of quality dental care and oral health outcomes. Oral health literacy skills are critical to empowering …

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Integrating Oral Health into the Interdisciplinary Health Sciences

WEBOral health inequities for older adults warrant new models of interprofessional education and collaborative practice. The Innovations in …

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The legacy of the regional research centers for minority oral health

WEBAs noted in the Introduction to this special edition of The Dental Clinics of North America on “Minority Oral Health,” the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research's …

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Immune suppression and considerations for dental care

WEBThe term “immunocompromised” is used to describe people who are not capable of mounting an effective immune response. These individuals are at an increased risk for …

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A Review of Cerebral Palsy for the Oral Health Professional

WEBIndividuals who have cerebral palsy (CP) face many physical challenges throughout their lifetimes in addition to societal barriers that can have an impact on quality of life. The …

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Management of Edentulous Patients

WEBEdentulism, defined as the complete loss of all dentition, is a worldwide phenomenon. Edentulism occurs because of biologic disease processes, such as dental caries, …

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Oral Health Advocacy for People with Special Health Care Needs

WEBPeople with special health care needs experience barriers to oral health care resulting in oral health inequities. This article outlines avenues for advocacy to better serve these …

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Communicating with Patients with Special Health Care Needs

WEBPeople with special health care needs (PSHCN) often have difficulty communicating with providers in health care settings, including dental practices. This …

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Addressing Health Disparities via Coordination of Care and

WEBLesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons are a diverse group, but they share a common need for competent, accessible health care, dispensed without …

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Oral Health Interventions During Pregnancy

WEBOral health and use of dental care during pregnancy are influenced by several factors sur-rounding pregnant women, health care, and finance systems. Promotion of oral health …

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The Geriatric Syndrome and Oral Health

WEBFig. 1. The geriatric syndrome made up of a complex relationship between multimorbidity, polypharmacy, frailty, and poor oral health outcomes. the following occur: weakness, a …

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Stress Management in the Difficult Patient Encounter

WEBPatient care and management can present a significant source of stress for the practicing dentist. This article presents the various facets and underpinnings of stress, followed by …

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Poor Oral Health in the Etiology and Prevention of Aspiration …

WEBAspiration pneumonia (AP), inflammation of the lung parenchyma initiated by aspirated microorganisms into the lower airways from proximal sites, including the oral …

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Poor Oral Health in the Etiology and Prevention of Aspiration …

WEBOne specific form of pneumonia, aspiration pneumonia (AP), is an infectious process caused by the aspiration of oropharyngeal secretions contain-ing pathogenic …

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Oral Health Advocacy for People with Special Health Care Needs

WEBindividuals with disability. In advocating for PSHCNs, a change in focus is indicated. The social model of disability posits that limitations are created by the environment.6 This …

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