In the field of dentistry, the word prophylaxis (or prophy) is used to describe a hygienist scaling and polishing patients’ teeth. It is preventative maintenance for a healthy child or adult mouth. Generally they are performed every six months for a healthy mouth or three months for patients...
if so, at what age. This is an important issue for many parents, but also pediatricians, other doctors, policy makers, public health authorities, medical bodies, and males themselves.
A third group, however, requires our special attention: these are mostly young females between 20 and 40 years of age. They suffer from serious impairment of their quality of life [15,27,28] since, until recently, no efficacious treatment was available (see below). These have usually more ...
In the field of dentistry, the word prophylaxis (or prophy) is used to describe a hygienist scaling and polishing patients’ teeth. It is preventative maintenance for a healthy child or adult mouth. Generally they are performed every six months for a healthy mouth or three months for patients...