7.2 - June 2006

Dairy Products and Dental Health
Dr Judith Bryans

Healthy teeth are a prized possession at any age and one in which nutrition plays a key role. Unfortunately, dental caries is an all too common problem in both children and adults.

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7.1 - February 2006

Sugars, starches and dental caries – frequency versus quantity
Martin Curzon

Over the past hundred years there has been a continued debate over the relationship of sugars, and to a lesser extent starches, to dental caries and their degree of importance. Is the quantity of sugar used each day more important than frequency of use?

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6.3 - October 2005

Periodontal Regeneration: The Holy Grail of Corrective Periodontal Therapy
E M McColl & G R R Lillywhite

With the increase in the number of adults retaining teeth into old age, the dental team is increasingly faced with attempting to correct the ravages of periodontal disease, in order to ensure the continued longevity of periodontally compromised teeth.

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6.2 - June 2005

The social determinants of health
Professor Martin H Hobdell

In 1968, when Robert S. McNamara, former United States Defense Secretary in the Kennedy Administration, was Governor of The World Bank (1961-81), he presciently wrote of the 'dangerous gap' between the rich industrialized and the poor developing countries, expressing concern over the threat that such a gap might one day pose to the security and stability of the US and the world at large.

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6.1 - February 2005

Potential mechanisms for the anticaries effect of fluoride: How fluoride works
Colin Robinson FMedSci

It is now well known that fluoride has a considerable protective effect the teeth, especially in children.

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5.3 - October 2004

Demographic dentistry
Dr Brian Mouatt CBE

"the privileged and the people form two nations", Disraeli 1844.

The Global Oral Health Report 2003 draws our attention to the changing demography of the global population and its impact upon the epidemiology of dental diseases.

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5.2 - June 2004

Reducing oral health inequalities among children: where do we go from here?
S A Williams & J Godson

Health inequalities are a key political issue. The need to conduct an oral health assessment and provide appropriate care for disadvantaged children is likely to become an essential part of dental contracts in the near future.

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5.1 - February 2004

Dental plaque as a biofilm - implications for oral health
Professor P D Marsh

Dental plaque is now frequently described as an example of a biofilm. Biofilms are ubiquitous, and are defined as communities of bacteria attached to a surface and embedded in an extra-cellular matrix of host and bacterial polymers.

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4.3 - October 2003

Oral Cancer
Simon N Rogers

Although it is uncommon for dental practitioners to diagnose patients with head and neck cancer, they have a key role to play in education and early detection.

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4.2 - June 2003

The oral health of mothers and expectant mothers: effect on dental disease in the infant
David Beighton

We all have dental plaque on our teeth, no matter how scrupulous we may be with our oral hygiene procedures.

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4.1 - February 2003

Dental caries variation in the UK
Brian Mouatt CBE

In times gone by dental caries was almost a universal affliction amongst the populations of the industrialised world.

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3.3 - October 2002

Fluoride use in dental care
J M ten Cate

The caries preventive effects of fluoride have been known since the 1930s.

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3.2 - June 2002

The oral health status and behaviours of older people
Professor AWG Walls

Oral health behaviour in older people is influenced by their dental status and whether or not they have a functional dentition.

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3.1 - February 2002

Dietary counselling for caries prevention
Dr Cor van Loveren

Recently, understanding of the role of frequency of consumption of all fermentable carbohydrates (in both foods and drinks containing sugars, short chain oligosaccharides or starches) on the risk of dental caries has improved.

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2.1 - October 2001

Tooth wear
Dr David Bartlett

It is perhaps a sad indication of life, but as you grow older your teeth wear away.

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1.3 - June 2001

Smoking and oral health: a new dimension?
Sonia A Williams & Stella Y L Kwan

The damaging effects of tobacco smoking on health are well recognised.

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1.2 - February 2001

Prevention of nursing caries
Dr Mawlood Kowash & Professor Monty Duggal

Nursing caries (NC) is a specific form of tooth decay affecting the primary dentition.

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1.1 - October 2000

Saliva
Professor Colin Robinson

Saliva is perhaps the most misunderstood and least understood of all the body fluids.

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RCN Article Reprint : Baby tooth care: a forgotten priority?

Baby tooth care: a forgotten priority?
Carol Ottley BSc, SRD, RPHNutr

Background The dental health of children in the UK has improved in the past 30 years, but tooth decay can still be a problem in children under five, especially those from deprived areas. Conclusion Nurses and health visitors have a role in promoting oral hygiene in young children. Simple advice to parents on brushing their children's teeth, appropriate use of feeding bottles and visiting the dentist regularly is the key to further improvement in the oral health of young children. Particular attention should be paid to underprivileged children.

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