adults ages 65 and older have lost six or more teeth to gum disease and tooth decay. You don't have to be a statistic. Learn about the oral health issues adults face as they age, and talk to your dentist about how you can keep your teeth strong and healthy for as long as possible...
The use of fluoride can benefit both children and adults. Research has shown that fluoride applied directly to the teeth is important for fighting decay. Learn more here. Read More Fluoride Why Use A Fluoride Free Toothpaste? Should you be using a fluoride-free toothpaste? The answer has a ...
Oral health, however, is often not seen as a priority in people suffering with serious mental illness. Objectives: To review the effects of oral health education (advice and training) with or without monitoring for people with serious mental illness. Search methods: We searched the Cochrane ...
As this is the first pragmatic trial of oral health advice for people with serious mental illness, there is an uncertainty as to the magnitude of difference in effectiveness in the two arms of the trial. Should there be a statistically significant difference between the two groups, we would pr...
UK surveys show that some level of irreversible periodontitis affects almost half of all adults (Steele and O’Sullivan, 2011) although this might be an underestimate of true disease levels. Periodontal health will therefore be an issue for most patients at one time or other. In view of the ...
Studies from the US and China revealed that self-reports are satisfactorily accurate for diabetes, hypertension, and routine screening exams amongst adults.33,34 Adding biometrical measurements to self-reports may increase the validity of such predictions.35 However, underestimations may occur due to ...
Awareness of oral health risks was limited: 69.1% (150/217) had never received any oral health advice related to their diabetes. Over half of respondents supported the idea of dentists offering screening for diabetes (121/226, 53.5%). Conclusions Many adults with diabetes have poor awareness ...
Anyone can develop thrush. Candida, or yeast, is responsible fordiaper rashas well asvaginal yeast infectionsin women. Oral thrush is most common in babies, toddlers, older adults, and people withweakened immune systems. People who smoke or wear dentures are also more prone to developing oral ...
Infants are more commonly affected by thrush because as newborns they are exposed to the bacteria during birth. In children and adults, it can be caused by frequent use of oral antibiotics, smoking, diabetes, birth control, and other immune diseases. ...
Objectives: This is an exploratory study to examine the relations among self-esteem, oral health behaviours and clinical oral health status in Chinese adults. In addition, gender differences in clinical oral health status and oral health behaviours were explored.关键...