Oral Health and Dental Management

Prevention of dental diseases

5^th American Dental Congress

October 05-07, 2015 Philadelphia, USA

Paul Levi

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, USA

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: Oral Health Dent Manag

Abstract:

Carved in many languages in the outside façade of the Harvard School of Public Health is �??The highest attainable standard of health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being.�?� This is the goal of dentistry and while many other medical diseases are not preventable, dental diseases, periodontal disease and caries, for the most part are preventable. In order to achieve these lofty goals, three concepts must be attained: A patient must be motivated to remove biofilm (plaque) from their teeth, a patient must know and have the ability to perform bio-film removal daily and a patient must have to access for performing the techniques. As dentists, it is our responsibility to help our patients realize dental health through the above three factors. There are many avenues for motivation, published books and pamphlets, paid advertising and utilizing publicity from articles written in lay publications. Additionally, each age group demands a different means of communication in order to help the patient become concordant with daily biofilm removal. Next there have been many techniques published over the past eighty years on tooth cleaning. With the understanding of microbiology and the varying gingival biotypes, the correct plaque removal techniques need to be individualized to the patient and even to varying areas in a patient�??s mouth. Lastly, as biofilm collects mainly on the teeth, the surface areas of the tooth must be available for bio-film removal on a daily basis. This might involve orthodontics and/or periodontal resective or regenerative therapy and restorations contoured in a manner that they can be accessed by the patient. Primarily, the dental practitioner needs to take an active role in prevention from the first encounter with a patient through helping to manage the dental health of the elderly. With today�??s understanding of the periodontal/dental systemic interrelations, the dental clinician is a major player in assisting people to attain the highest standard of health.

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