Main description:

Comprehensive Preventive Dentistry provides one user-friendly resource that brings together information on the scientific basis and clinical practice of all aspects of preventive dentistry. This thorough and all-encompassing resource offers techniques and strategies for maintaining excellent oral health in patients through a regimen of preventive measures. Comprehensive Preventive Dentistry is grounded in a patient-centered, pre-emptive, and minimally invasive philosophy. The book begins by covering individual diseases, such as caries, periodontitis, and oral cancer, as well as therapies (sealants, fluoride) and other relevant conditions (toothwear, hypersensitivity). Additionally, concepts such as the role of diet and nutrition in oral health are discussed. Also covered are oral care products and new techological developments in caries diagnosis and risk assessment, periodontal disease and oral cancer, as well as new developments in home care products.
A valuable and comprehensive companion that will appeal to dentists and dental hygienists, this helpful new book provides its readers with one authoritative resource that offers a reliable and helpful companion to practicing preventive dentistry.

Contents:

List of Contributors vi Preface viii Acknowledgments x 1. A brief introduction to oral diseases: caries, periodontal disease, and oral cancer 1 Hardy Limeback, Jim Yuan Lai, Grace Bradley, and Colin Robinson 2. Caries detection and diagnosis 25 Iain A. Pretty 3. Diagnosis of periodontal diseases 43 Jim Yuan Lai 4. Oral cancer 61 Grace Bradley and Iona Leong 5. Evidence-based dentistry 81 Amir Azarpazhooh, David Locker, and Prakeshkumar S. Shah 6. The role of diet in the prevention of dental diseases 99 Paula Moynihan 7. Probiotics and dental caries risk 115 Eva Soderling 8. Mechanical plaque removal 119 Shirley Gutkowski 9. The role of sugar alcohols, xylitol, and chewing gum in preventing dental diseases 146 Peter Milgrom and Kiet A. Ly 10. Preventing dental disease with chlorhexidine 159 Hardy Limeback and Ross Perry 11. Ozone in the prevention of dental diseases 180 Hardy Limeback and Amir Azarpazhooh 12. Protection of the dentition 195 Hardy Limeback 13. Tooth erosion 211 W. Peter Holbrook 14. The etiology, diagnosis, and management of dentin hypersensitivity 218 Hardy Limeback 15. Caries risk assessment 233 Ferne Kraglund and Hardy Limeback 16. Fluoride therapy 251 Hardy Limeback and Colin Robinson 17. Dental sealants 283 Hien Ngo and W. Kim Seow 18. Strategies for remineralization 298 Laurence J. Walsh 19. Oral health promotion in infants and preschool age children 313 Gajanan Vishwanath (Kiran) Kulkarni 20. High-risk patients: the frail older adult living in long-term care homes 330 Mary-Lou van der Horst and Donna Bowes 21. The effective preventive dental team 358 Ann-Marie C. DePalma and Shirley Gutkowski 22. The independent dental hygienist 377 Fran Richardson Index 388