Dental hygiene

Titanium tetrafluoride [7783-63-3] TiF, has potential for use in dental hygiene products. It is used in infrared transmitting haflde glass. 

There are a number of designs for dental implants. The patient must have ample bone and the proper design should be chosen for each iadividual. Another factor that affects the success of dental implants is patient care of the implant and dental hygiene. 

A 70 year old alcoholic male with poor dental hygiene is to have his remaining teeth extracted for subsequent dentures. He has mitral valve stenosis with mild cardiac insufficiency and is being treated with capto-pril, digoxin and furosemide. The dentist decides that his medical history warrants prophylactic antibiotic therapy prior to the procedure and prescribes ... 

Associate Professor School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, Hawaii... 

Gingival hyperplasia is a well-known adverse effect of phenytoin. It occurs in at least one-third of patients, although it can be prevented by careful dental hygiene (SED-13, 144) (33), and does not occur in edentulous mouths. In one case generalized palatal hyperplasia occurred in a patient in whom retained roots and teeth were suspected of having perpetuated a pre-extraction lesion a subsequently placed complete denture initiated a midpalatal hyperplasia (34). 

Ayers CS, Abrams RA. Noncariogenic sweeteners sugar substitutes for caries control. Dental Hygiene 1987 61 162-167. 

Occurring only in adults, BHT has been associated with the administration of oral antibiotics, poor dental hygiene, and excessive smoking. 

A lack of dental hygiene allows the plaque formation, causing gingivitis or inflammation caused by toxins produced by the bacteria. With time, the gum recedes, the fragile root dentine is exposed, and finally, the tooth will fall out. 

As sucrose and honey are implicated in problems of tooth decay, as well as being culprits in the continuing battle against obesity, an active field of study is the search for new, noncaloric, noncarbohydrate sweeteners. Even if such a nonnutritive sweetener possessed some calories, if it were very sweet, it would not be necessary to use as much of the sweetener therefore, the impact on dental hygiene and on diet would be less. 

Picard, Alyssa. Making the American Mouth Dentists and Public Health in the Twentieth Century. New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press, 2009. Presents a history of dentistry as well as essays on issues such as dental hygiene, dental economics, and the American diet. 

In the EC list of preservatives which cosmetic products may contain 7-ethyl bicyclooxazolidine is permitted with a max. addition rate of 0.3%, except in dental hygiene and mucous membrane contact products. 

Hayes, MX, Smith, D.R. Cockrell, D. 2009b. Prevalence and correlates of musculoskeletal disorders among Australian dental hygiene students. Int J Dent Hygiene 7(3) 176-181. 

In dental hygiene, extensive use has been made of cavitation cleaning for the removal of calcerous deposits. Water is fed to the tip of the tool at 35 cm /min under pressure. The vibrating tip of the tool used for cleaning induces cavitation in the water flow, and removal of the scale is achieved by the cavitation cleaning technique. 

Polyphenols and other compounds in the tea plant are also natural antimicrobials, promoting dental hygiene by killing harmful bacteria in the mouth. 

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