Primary Preventive Dentistry (8e)

✍ Scribed by Norman O. Harris, Franklin Garcia-Godoy, Christine Nielsen Nathe

• Publisher: Pearson Higher Ed USA
• Year: 2013
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 552
• Edition: 8th Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

For all introductory, clinical, and preventive courses in dental hygiene and dental assisting that cover preventive dental modalities and concepts.

Organized for consistency, coherence, and readability, this fully updated text covers all areas of prevention in dental care. It first describes dental diseases and conditions, helping students clearly understand the processes that can be prevented through the use of preventive modalities or ideas. Next, it presents detailed strategies to prevent these diseases and conditions. Throughout, specific target populations are defined and described based upon scientifically valid preventive strategies aimed at their needs. This edition improves student understanding with more photos, illustrations, diagrams, and tables; highlights “fun facts” about the topic; adds a new chapter on the important influence culture plays in preventive dental care; and is supported by many new web-based review questions and case studies for each chapter.

✦ Table of Contents

UNIT ONE: Primary Preventive Dental Concepts

1. Introduction to Primary Preventive Dentistry

2. Cultural Health Influences

3. Dental Hygiene Science

UNIT TWO: Etiology of Dental Diseases and Conditions

1. Dental Plaque Biofilm

2. Carious Lesions

3. Periodontal Disease

4. Oral Cancer

5. Dental Trauma

6. Host Defense Mechanisms in the Oral Cavity

UNIT THREE: Preventive Strategies

1. Toothbrushes and Toothbrushing Methods

2. Dentifrices, Mouthrinses and Chewing Gums

3. Self-Care Adjuncts

4. Implant and Denture Self-Care

5. Community Water Fluoridation

6. Topical Fluoride Therapy

7. Dental Sealants

8. Nutrition, Diet, and Associated Oral Conditions

9. Sugar and Other Sweeteners

10. Health Education and Promotion Theories

11. Tobacco Cessation

12. Athletic Mouthguards

13. Technological Advances in Primary Dental Care

UNIT FOUR: Target Populations

1. Pregnancy and Infancy

2. Pediatrics

3. Adult Dental Care

4. Geriatrics

5. Medically Compromised Populations

6. Populations with Developmental Disabilities