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How Often Do You Think About Oral Health as an Essential Part of Wellness and a Healthy Lifestyle?
Published in Gia Merlo, Kathy Berra, Lifestyle Nursing, 2023
Judith Haber, Erin Hartnett, Jessamin Cipollina
During treatment, regular oral assessments should be continued using the HEENOT approach (Haber et al., 2015). Oral infections can occur within the first months, and even weeks, of treatment. Continue to advise patients on good oral hygiene practices, which include: Brushing teeth with fluoride toothpaste.Flossing gently once per day.Rinsing with a baking soda and water solution.Avoiding mouth rinses with alcohol.Sucking on ice chips and/or chewing sugar-free gum to promote salivary flow and relieve dry mouth (Hartnett, 2015).
Aetiology of Head and Neck Cancer
Published in R James A England, Eamon Shamil, Rajeev Mathew, Manohar Bance, Pavol Surda, Jemy Jose, Omar Hilmi, Adam J Donne, Scott-Brown's Essential Otorhinolaryngology, 2022
Oral cancer is strongly associated with different forms of smokeless tobacco consumed by chewing. These include bidi, chutta, paan, khaini and toombak. This is particularly common in the Indian subcontinent and accounts for the high incidence of oral cancer in these countries. When marijuana is smoked, a wide range of potential carcinogens are released and absorbed, with an overall risk of 2.6 compared to non-users.
Other Complications of Diabetes
Published in Jahangir Moini, Matthew Adams, Anthony LoGalbo, Complications of Diabetes Mellitus, 2022
Jahangir Moini, Matthew Adams, Anthony LoGalbo
Periodontal disease involves gum and bone infections, which are more common in diabetic patients. In advanced cases, it can cause painful chewing and teeth loss. Thickening of blood vessels around gums increase the risk of periodontitis. This is because the flow of nutrients and removal of harmful wastes from the mouth is reduced, weakening resistance of gum and bone tissue to infection. The early stage of periodontal disease is called gingivitis, in which the gums become swollen and red, and may bleed. The more serious form is called periodontitis, in which the gums pull away from the teeth, bone may be lost, and the teeth can loosen and fall out.
Prioritizing choice and assent in the assessment and treatment of food selectivity
Published in International Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 2023
Holly C. Gover, Gregory P. Hanley, Kelsey W. Ruppel, Robin K. Landa, Juliana Marcus
Liam’s results are depicted in Figure 4. During the functional analysis, Liam engaged in IMB each trial. During baseline, Liam primarily touched the plate; thus, the first full reinforcement criterion for treatment was set to touching the food. Liam performed at or above the criterion during the first six reinforcement criteria phases with several exceptions. There were several instances of IMB and gagging. Liam’s performance deteriorated when the reinforcement criterion was increased to swallowing the food. Therefore, we decreased the reinforcement criterion back to chewing the food five times and remained at this level for 12 sessions due to inconsistent gagging. We again increased the criterion to swallowing the foods. By the fifth meal at this level, Liam consumed all the targeted foods across three meals.
Maturation of the oral microbiota during primary teeth eruption: a longitudinal, preliminary study
Published in Journal of Oral Microbiology, 2022
He Xu, Bijun Tian, Weihua Shi, Jing Tian, Wenjun Wang, Man Qin
Many longitudinal studies have documented increased oral microbial diversity with age. Based on different sampling time, the most actively increasing window in bacteria species was narrowed to 3–18 months or 6–18 months in age [6,36]. Previous studies showed that introduction of solid food and changes in the oral habitat played a major role in the diversity increase [4,27]. Neither the delivery mode nor partial breastfeeding habits until 12 months of age have an infection impact on the salivary species richness [3]. In our study, this increasing window took place from pre-dentition to the full eruption of all primary incisors (S1-S3), with corresponding month age of 5 to 16. This happened to be the duration that infants start from pure dairy feeding (breast milk or formula) to gradual addition of complementary food until they can basically eat the same solid food as adults. As infants get older, teeth eruption provides a physiological basis of chewing and promotes the intake of solid food. In return, the increase of food diversity and children’s activities not only introduce new bacterial species into the mouth, but also the sources of nutrient substrates for bacterial metabolism. All these aspects contribute to the increase of oral microbiota diversity. Our study also shows that this increasing window is critical in that, by the time of all primary incisors erupted, the diversity and structure of the oral microbiota had become relatively stable and would persist till the completion of the primary dentition.
Epidemiological Assessment of Oral Cancer Burden in Pakistan
Published in Cancer Investigation, 2021
Naila Malkani, Sara Kazmi, Muhammad Usman Rashid
Tobacco is used in various forms in South East Asia including Pakistan such as cigarettes, cigars, hookahs, and pipes. WHO has reported that more than 41% of the Pakistani population use tobacco (http://gamapserver.who.int/gho/interactive_charts/tobacco/use/atlas.html). This high exposure to tobacco smoking could be a contributing factor towards an increased incidence of this cancer in Pakistan. Tobacco smoking is linked with OSCC in North-West Pakistan (39). A smokeless tobacco product, “naswar” is extensively consumed in various regions of Pakistan. A case-control study noted that the oral cancer burden in Pakistan is attributable to “naswar” in 68% of men and 38% of women (40). Another study showed chewing tobacco as a major risk factor for oral cancer among Asian ethnic subgroups living in the UK (41).