Disease relevance of Oral Health

• The inclusion of occusal traits as part of the oral health component of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Phase 1, 1988-91, provided an opportunity to assess several occlusal characteristics in the US population: diastema > or = 2 mm, alignment of lower and upper anterior teeth, posterior crossbite, overbite, and overjet [1].
• The extent to which musculoskeletal and neurologically based facial pain compromised the quality of life was measured using the Oral Health Impact Profile, a recently developed index of the functional and psychosocial outcomes of oral conditions [2].
• The oral health assessment collected data regarding demographics, oral health behaviors, tooth loss, coronal and root caries, salivary functions, and soft tissue pathologies [3].
• BACKGROUND/AIMS: Clinical studies have demonstrated the considerable effects of chlorhexidine on dental plaque and oral microbiota as well as improvements in indices of oral health [4].
• This is unfortunate, because the sales of SLT products, especially moist snuff, have increased consistently over the past decade; regular use of these products can result in oral cancer, other negative effects on oral health, and nicotine dependence or addiction [5].

Psychiatry related information on Oral Health

• The German version of the Oral Health Impact Profile--translation and psychometric properties [6].
• When the Dental Coping Beliefs Scale was divided into scales of Internal Locus of Control, External Locus of Control, Self-Efficacy, and Oral Health Beliefs, additional changes were evident [7].
• The stability of juvenile oral health does not seem to be due to changes in dietary habits, nor to public health measures, but is mainly due to good oral health and use of fluoride dentifrices by the children [8].
• Use of the PRC over time may be expected to result in more uniform and accurate periodontal clinical decision making, improved oral health, reduction in the need for complex therapy and reduction in health care costs [9].
• Chlorhexidine is beneficial in maintaining the oral health of persons diagnosed with mental retardation [10].

High impact information on Oral Health

• The benefits of estrogen replacement therapy on oral health. The Leisure World cohort [11].
• CONCLUSIONS--These findings suggest that among well-controlled individuals with type II diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance, few appreciable differences are evident in oral health [12].
• The aim was to verify that vitamin E is actually enriched in the tissue, which could have beneficial effects on oral health [13].
• Ammonia production from urea by ureolytic oral bacteria is believed to have a significant impact on oral health and the ecological balance of oral microbial populations [14].
• Effectiveness (Oral Health Impact Profile, OHIP-20) and cost were measured up to one year post-treatment [15].

Chemical compound and disease context of Oral Health

• The relationship between diabetes mellitus and oral health status was determined in Pima Indians from the Gila River Indian Community in Arizona. This tribe of native Americans has the world's highest reported incidence and prevalence of non-insulin-dependent (type 2) diabetes mellitus [16].
• Reports of hypersensitivity to latex are growing among oral health care workers, who have a high degree of exposure to latex products [17].
• Effects on oral health of mouthrinses containing xylitol, sodium cyclamate and sucrose sweeteners in the absence of oral hygiene. III. Composition and bone resorbing potential of dental plaque [18].
• When delivered to the mouth in oral care products, Triclosan can selectively inhibit Gram negative anaerobic bacteria implicated in gingivitis and periodontal diseases, while leaving species associated with oral health relatively unaffected [19].
• The link between nutrition and oral health can be overt (vitamin B deficiency) or subtle (exacerbation of already existing periodontal disease) [20].

Biological context of Oral Health

• However, the majority of dental hygienists are employed in the oral health service for children, working mostly as dental assistants doing fluoride prophylaxis and dental health education in addition [21].
• These results suggested that saliva CD14 is important for the maintenance of oral health and possibly intestinal homeostasis [22].
• Fluoridation. Oral health and fluoride [23].
• The National Oral Health Survey showed that differences in the prevalence and experience of dental caries occurred between racial groups and between geographical areas according to fluoride levels in the domestic water supply that varied from <0.05 ppm in the coastal areas to 0.35 ppm in the Bloemfontein area [24].
• Salivary derived growth factors, including epidermal growth factor (EGF), are thought to play a role in helping maintain levels of oral health, promoting wound healing, and maintaining mucosal integrity [25].

Anatomical context of Oral Health

• The high-molecular-mass salivary mucin MG1, one of two major mucins produced by human salivary glands, plays an important role in oral health by coating the tooth surface and by acting as a bacterial receptor [26].
• Alkali production from urea by bacterial ureases in the oral cavity is thought to have a major impact on oral health and on the physiology and ecology of oral bacteria [27].
• The conflicting role played by these lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-induced monocyte functions in the inflammatory process is a further intrigue in the mechanism by which nicotine compromises the oral health [28].
• A study has been conducted to assess the oral health status and need for dental treatment among elderly Cape Coloreds resident in homes for the aged in the Cape Peninsula of South Africa. This paper describes the prevalence of diseases of the mouth with special reference to denture-induced lesions and white lesions of the oral mucosa [29].
• Types of illicit drugs abused were associated with oral health sensations reported (P < 0.001). 'Ecstasy' abusers more frequently reported chewing (P < 0.001), grinding (P < 0.001), and TMJ tenderness (P < 0.001) compared to non-'ecstasy' abusers [30].

Associations of Oral Health with chemical compounds

• The comparison in time revealed that most of the differences in oral health, observed in 1973 both between sexes and between the different fluoride areas, had disappeared by the time of the 1982 examination [31].
• Therefore, the serum and saliva cholesterol concentrations and oral health were analyzed in a group of healthy adults (n = 139; 64 men and 75 women; 34.2 +/- 5.2 yrs) [32].
• OBJECTIVE: To assess human unstimulated whole saliva components during pregnancy, to determine the relation, if any, between pregnancy and oral health, particularly total protein concentration, alpha-amylase activity, sialic acid content and calcium and phosphate concentrations were evaluated [33].
• Although other commonly used mouthwashes (e.g. chlorhexidine) have been reviewed in other articles in this Supplement, this article concentrates solely on data supporting essential-oil mouthwash use in these oral health areas [34].
• Chewing gums may be suitable vehicles for the delivery of xylitol (X) and chlorhexidine acetate (CHX), both of which can aid oral health [35].

Gene context of Oral Health

• Data are presented to suggest that oral health is altered in the presence of heart, cerebrovascular, liver, and renal diseases, cancer, COPD, diabetes, pneumonia, and influenza [36].
• PURPOSE: We performed a dental survey of epilepsy patients to examine their oral health by statistical means and to provide a guide for the dental treatment of these patients [37].
• WHO Global Oral Data Bank, 1986-96: an overview of oral health surveys at 12 years of age [38].
• A priori hypothesized associations between GCPS or JDL summary scores and self-report of general health, oral health, oral health-related quality of life, or dysfunctional pain, which were measured by means of the Multidimensional Pain Inventory, were confirmed in a convenience sample of clinical TMD patients (n = 378) [39].
• Perception of general and oral health in White and African American adults: assessing the effect of neighborhood socioeconomic conditions [40].

Analytical, diagnostic and therapeutic context of Oral Health

• RESULTS: In almost all aspects of oral health and dental status, patients with epilepsy showed a significantly worse condition compared with the control group [37].
• Alleviation of symptoms was evaluated by using a visual analogue scale as well as the McGill Pain and Oral Health Impact profile questionnaires [41].
• Caries risk and oral health assessments as well as the evaluation of oral hygiene procedures and fluoride exposure should become essential tools in dietary counselling [42].
• The oral health status of the population is described using DMF and ESI indices, the prevalence of oral lesions, levels of tooth loss, oral hygiene scores, and the status of existing dentures [43].
• OBJECTIVE: To investigate the oral health status of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) after completion of radiotherapy [44].

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