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Care of Children and Youth with Special Health Care Needs
Published in Praveen S. Goday, Cassandra L. S. Walia, Pediatric Nutrition for Dietitians, 2022
Sarah Vermilyea, Elisabeth Pordes
Inspecting the face, eyes, nose, mouth, lips, tongue, gums, and teeth is part of NFPE and aids in the identification of deficient hydration and possible deficiencies of iron, water-soluble vitamins, and vitamin A. Dental health needs to be regularly monitored by a dentist comfortable working with CYSHCN, but the dietitian can also identify concerns with poor mouth care and the potential role of mouth pain in decreased oral intake. Gingival hyperplasia can be caused by anti-seizure medications and is not necessarily a sign of poor dental health.
Dentin-Pulp Complex Regeneration
Published in Vincenzo Guarino, Marco Antonio Alvarez-Pérez, Current Advances in Oral and Craniofacial Tissue Engineering, 2020
Amaury Pozos-Guillén, Héctor Flores
Different factors limit the possibility of pulp tissue regeneration. The dental pulp has the least collateral blood supply because of the anatomical features of the pulp chamber, and this leads to a disruption in the function of the immune system for infection control. Odontoblasts, also as post mitotic cells, have a restricted ability to proliferate. Stimulating odontoblast cells in promoting their secretory activity causes losses due to superficial caries, and this leads to dental restorative competence. Only pulp tissue can lead to the regeneration of dentin; however, the regeneration of pulp tissue is difficult, because the tissue is recapped in dentin with no collateral blood supply except from the root apical foramen. Overall, the dentin-pulp complex is responsible for dental health (Farges et al. 2015).
The Excessive Gagging Reflex
Published in Eli Ilana, Oral Psychophysiology, 2020
One possible explanation of the development of an excessive gagging reflex in dental patients might be the presence of dental anxiety in those with a specific personality set-up, which prevents the patient from admitting it even to him/herself. In such cases, gagging serves as an efficient way to avoid treatment. The concomitant deterioration in dental health brings many of these patients to require prosthodontic appliances, causing further adaptation problems.
Tailoring and optimization of a honey-based nanoemulgel loaded with an itraconazole–thyme oil nanoemulsion for oral candidiasis
Published in Drug Delivery, 2023
Amal M. Sindi, Waleed Y. Rizg, Muhammad Khalid Khan, Hala M. Alkhalidi, Waleed S. Alharbi, Fahad Y. Sabei, Eman Alfayez, Hanaa Alkharobi, Mohammed Korayem, Mohammed Majrashi, Majed Alharbi, Mohammed Alissa, Awaji Y. Safhi, Abdulmajeed M. Jali, Khaled M. Hosny
For overall health and a high quality of life, oral health is crucial. In 2012, the World Health Organization defined oral health as the absence of mouth or facial pain, oral infections or sores, and other disorders that restrict a person’s ability to engage in with his daily and psychosocial activities (World Health Organization, 2012). Oral diseases continue to be a neglected area of global health despite the significant social and financial costs they impose on many nations (FDI World Dental Federation, 2015). Most adults have tooth decay, and 15% to 20% of middle-aged adults have serious gum disease (Buset et al., 2016). Poor dental health may be linked to such diseases as diabetes, heart disease, stroke, pneumonia, and other respiratory illnesses, according to the literature (Silva et al., 2015). Another typical reason for headaches and ear and facial pain is disorders of the jaw (Katz et al., 2010). Dental clearance prior to medical procedures such as cardiac surgery, cancer/bisphosphonate therapy, and radiation therapy reduces the systemic and oral side effects of these procedures (Rajan et al., 2014).
Chemotherapy-Induced Oral Complications and Prophylaxis Strategies
Published in Cancer Investigation, 2023
Aleksandra Śledzińska, Paulina Śledzińska, Marek Bebyn, Oskar Komisarek
Diet is a vital feature of dental health. Maintaining hydration involves drinking water and sugar-free liquids regularly. We encourage patients to avoid drinking very acidic beverages, especially between meals, because a continuous decrease in intraoral pH may be harmful to dental enamel (176). The most acidic ones are energy drinks, regular and diet sodas, juices, and sports drinks (177). Maintaining a stable neutral pH in the oral cavity is essential since this serves to prevent tooth demineralization (178). Patients should avoid “sticky” processed foods (caramels, taffy, etc.) that are rich in sugar that is difficult to remove (130,179). If patients consume a sugary beverage, they should do it in one sitting (over several minutes) rather than sipping it throughout the day. Such an approach aims to prevent repeated exposure of the teeth to sugar and decrease dental pH with each exposure. Moreover, it is advised to use a straw and avoid atypical drinking behaviors such as sipping, swishing, or holding acidic beverages in the vestibule (180).
Association between oral and general health related quality of life among Norwegian patients with substance use disorders in opioid agonist therapy
Published in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 2023
Anne Nordrehaug Åstrøm, Jørn Henrik Vold, Christer Frode Aas, Kjell Arne Johansson, Lars Thore Fadnes
The oral cavity has been described as a window to general health. Thus, the relationship between oral health and general health is of considerable interest to the health- and dental health community [17,18]. Improving health by intervening in oral problems might be a practical goal of dental professionals. From the point of view of patients’ perceptions, the interaction between oral and general health is of increasing importance. Previous cross-sectional and longitudinal studies have indicated that poor oral health compromises general health and quality of life [17–20]. Also, a review of HRQoL and OHRQoL has shown positive associations between these measures, for instance, in a German general population, in patients treated for head and neck cancer, and in a Spanish study of patients treated for oral cancer [17,21,22]. However, findings are inconclusive, and there is a general lack of studies investigating the association of oral- and general health-related quality of life among patients with specific diseases. It is also uncertain whether findings based on general populations and patients with some specific diseases can be generalised to patients with SUD who receive opioid agonist therapy.