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Meeting personal needs: hygiene
Published in Nicola Neale, Joanne Sale, Developing Practical Nursing Skills, 2022
tooth decay, loose teeth and gum disease, which may be due to poor diet, poor dental hygiene or a lack of access to oral health promotion. The health facilitator should provide support in overcoming these problems and regular visits to the dentist must be included in Ellen’s Health Action Plan. Tooth decay would adversely affect her quality of life, leading to pain, the need for dental treatment and poor food intake.
Commensal Flora
Published in Firza Alexander Gronthoud, Practical Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, 2020
Poor dental hygiene is a risk factor for periodontitis involving bacteria such as Porphyromonas gingivalis, Tannerella forsythia and Treponema denticola. Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans has been linked to highly aggressive periodontitis. Transient bacterial translocation from oropharynx into the bloodstream is common. Poor dental hygiene and dental procedures are known contributors. Although often asymptomatic, in the presence of an abnormal heart valve, such bacteraemia can cause endocarditis. Common causes of endocarditis are viridans streptococci and bacteria from the HACEK group, all of which are part of the oropharyngeal commensal flora.
The Twentieth Century
Published in Arturo Castiglioni, A History of Medicine, 2019
dental hygiene. One of the most brilliant phases of progress in dentistry has been social-hygienic prophylaxis, which is begun with schoolchildren and continued in industrial communities, armies, and hospitals. The apostle in this field, Ernst Jessen, began in 1902 the first dental clinic in schools, and his example was soon followed throughout the world. The experimental and survey work of the Philadelphia Mouth Hygiene Association, acting with the help of the Board of Education, is a good illustration of this type of co-operative, constructive endeavour. Today school clinics have greatly improved the treatment of diseased teeth in children; tomorrow will be the day of prevention.
Epidemiology of rheumatoid arthritis: genetic and environmental influences
Published in Expert Review of Clinical Immunology, 2022
Aliki I. Venetsanopoulou, Yannis Alamanos, Paraskevi V. Voulgari, Alexandros A. Drosos
In accordance with the above, interventions such as smoking cessation [115] and the adherence to the Mediterranean diet with the use of olive oil [94], fish consumption [96], and omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids [91,92,116] are essential and can be viewed as a complementary approach in the management of the disease. Studies have shown their impact by reducing inflammatory activity and pain, increasing physical function, and improving vitality [98,99]. Studies also indicate that physical activity may reduce the risk of developing RA. Regarding dental hygiene, although it leads to a decreased inflammatory response, no explicit link has suggested a direct benefit of improving dental hygiene habits and reducing RA risk. Thus, modifying any unhealthy behaviors may be an effective intervention in high-risk populations, but further research is needed to provide a shred of more robust evidence for a biological effect on the overall RA risk [117].
Characterization of oral bacteria in the tongue coating of patients with halitosis using 16S rRNA analysis
Published in Acta Odontologica Scandinavica, 2020
Akiko Oshiro, Takashi Zaitsu, Masayuki Ueno, Yoko Kawaguchi
At the bacterial genus level, 14 bacterial genera were only detected in halitosis subjects. Hence, these bacterial genera may play pivotal roles in the occurrence of halitosis. Among the bacterial genera, Tannerella, Treponema, Dialister, Mogibacterium, and Eikenella are associated with the occurrence and severity of human periodontitis [10,34]. Periodontal disease is well known as a major contributing factor of halitosis. Many studies mention a close relationship between the severity of periodontal disease and the extent of halitosis. Butyrivibrio, Peptococcus, and Anaerovorax have been identified at high frequencies during peri-implant inflammation [15,16,35]. Therefore, the presence of these bacteria may be associated with poor dental hygiene. A previous study [10,11] suggested that Treponema and Peptococcus are probably involved in the production of VSCs. The role of other bacteria, such as RF39, Peptostreptococcaceae, Veillonellaceae, Aggregatibacter, Moraxella, and Bacteroidales, in oral health is still unknown. As these bacteria were observed only in few subjects, their presence might be influenced by the individual oral environment. In this study, the oral environment of individuals would change on a day-by-day basis depending on the oral health behaviour, eating habits, taste, and saliva flow rate of the individual, and, in some cases, also by changes in prescriptions and/or other medications.
The Effect of a Community Based Educational Intervention on Oral Health Knowledge Levels of Adult Caregivers of Young Children in the Rural Upper Peninsula of Michigan
Published in Journal of Community Health Nursing, 2019
The pre-survey questionnaire obtained demographic and informational items regarding: number and age of children, initiation and frequency of dental visits, current dental hygiene practices i.e. brushing and flossing, access to and type of dental insurance, obstacles preventing dental visits and the educational level of caregiver. Ten additional questions determined baseline cognizance of the following oral health related topics: the age that a child should first visit a dentist, what actions are appropriate if a child knocks out a tooth, appropriate liquid to put into a bottle or sippy cup, causes of cavities, risk factors for cavities, importance of oral health, transmission of cavity causing bacteria, the purpose of fluoride and the systemic effects of cavities.