Innovations in Preventive Dentistry

Description

Prevention is better than cure ... or treatment. Preventive dentistry is thus a multidisciplinary task for all fields of dentistry and one that has already been tackled with great success, as evidenced by the caries decline in many countries. The barriers between prevention and treatment have recently decreased in caries and periodontal disease, as well as in orthodontics, where guidance on the function and maintenance of approximal spaces is a combination of prevention and treatment.

This book discusses new developments and innovations in preventive dentistry, from primary "real" prevention to secondary prevention by inactivating initial lesions and on to tertiary prevention to avoid subsequent progression of damage and disease. This evidence base is then translated into clinical dental practice.

The book is aimed at anyone interested or involved in dentistry, including students, the entire dental team, educators, health researchers and policy makers who wish to gain insight into these updated clinical procedures and future developments. It is intended to support education and all areas of clinical dentistry - not by providing cookbook recipes, but by pointing out the rationale behind changes in our routines.

Presented by an international group of renowned specialists in their fields, it addresses the new understanding and management of caries and periodontal disease, prevention of orthodontic problems, diagnostic approaches, the role of diet and oral health recommendations, pathways to better oral health, changes in oral disease patterns and their consequences, non- and minimally invasive caries treatment, current fluoride guidelines including the use of silver fluorides, risk management, a common risk factor approach, facilitating behavioral changes, sealers and probiotics. This broad understanding is elucidated for the most relevant dental problems from early childhood to late age to implement prevention-oriented dentistry.


Table of Contents

Chapter 01. Understanding caries

Chapter 02. Understanding periodontitis

Chapter 03. Fluoride: How much is needed?

Chapter 04. Nutrition and caries: Sugar is the enemy, but what solutions are offered by preventive dentistry?

Chapter 05. Healthy life, healthy mouth? Interdisciplinary and common risk factor interventions

Chapter 06. Oral hygiene: The best route to a healthy mouth?

Chapter 07. Interdental oral hygiene: To floss, or not to floss?

Chapter 08. Tooth brushing: Myth and science

Chapter 09. Guidance for healthy dental and oral behavior: Multilevel prevention of early childhood caries

Chapter 10. Fissure sealing: Still to be recommended?

Chapter 11. Prebiotics, probiotics, and synbiotics: A revolution in preventive dentistry?

Chapter 12. Silver fluorides: The new magic bullet?

Chapter 13. Self-assembling peptides: A perfectly engineered preventive and therapeutic tool?

Chapter 14. Nonrestorative cavity control: Can nonoperative "preventive" treatment replace restorations?

Chapter 15. Prevention and prophylaxis in orthodontics: Neglected opportunities for successful prevention

Chapter 16. Prevention in elderly and medically compromised patients

Chapter 17. Caries risk or activity: Which should we assess?